Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Nathanael performs a wide variety of genres from opera to musical theater to jazz. His 2024 season includes role debuts as John Jasper (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) with SF Lamplighters Music Theatre and Beast (Beauty and the Beast) with Walla Walla Summer Theater. Nathanael is also a guest soloist in Sing for America Foundation’s Benefit concert and joins the Walla Walla Choral Society as tenor soloist in Requiem for the Living.

 

Nathanael’s 2021-2023 seasons saw numerous company and role debuts. In 2023, Nathanael was Orpheus (Orpheus in the Underworld) with Pocket Opera, SF, followed by appearing as Dr. Neville Craven (The Secret Garden) with the Walla Walla Summer Theater.  In 2022, he joined SF Lamplighters Music Theatre as Montague “Monty” Navarro (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), followed by his professional opera debut as Frederic with the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society (The Pirates of Penzance).  Emerging from the pandemic, Nathanael made his professional musical theatre debut in 2021 with 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco as the Ensemble/Journalist (Chess in Concert). 

 

While at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Nathanael’s Musical Theatre performances included the Baker (Into the Woods), Macheath (The Threepenny Opera) and El Gallo (The Fantasticks). With SFCM’s Opera Theater, he appeared as Dr. Blind (Die Fledermaus), Mr. Angel (The Impresario), Tanzmesiter (Ariadne auf Naxos), Lacouf (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), and Sheldon (Later the Same Evening).

 

Nathanael has a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with Jane Randolph. He received his BA in Film & Media Studies with a Minor in Music from Whitman College, where he also played varsity soccer. Currently, he is a Studio Music Instructor at Whitman College.  

 

An avid reader, Nathanael also enjoys hiking and spending time with his wife and cats.