# Nicholas Carthy

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**Nicholas Carthy** (born 1957) was a Principal [Conductor](/source/Conducting) of the [Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana](/source/Orchestra_della_Svizzera_Italiana) (1993–96), is Professor of Music and Opera Music Director at the [University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado), and is visiting tutor at the [Royal Northern College of Music](/source/Royal_Northern_College_of_Music).[1][2]

## Early life

Nicholas Carthy was born in [England](/source/England) in 1957.[3] He was educated at [Bedford Modern School](/source/Bedford_Modern_School),[4] the [Guildhall School of Music and Drama](/source/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama) in [London](/source/London), and in 1981 won a scholarship to study at the [Mozarteum University of Salzburg](/source/Mozarteum_University_of_Salzburg).[1][2]

## Career

Carthy was appointed [Kapellmeister](/source/Kapellmeister) at the Landestheater in [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg) where he made his [operatic](/source/Operatic) debut conducting [Mozart](/source/Mozart)'s [*Marriage of Figaro*](/source/The_Marriage_of_Figaro).[1] He was involved as an assistant at the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival) and worked closely with [Bernard Haitink](/source/Bernard_Haitink) and [Sir Georg Solti](/source/Georg_Solti).[1]

Carthy worked as an assistant to [Daniel Barenboim](/source/Daniel_Barenboim) (1990–93), with whom he was involved in a recording of Mozart's *[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)* in [Berlin](/source/Berlin),[1] at the [Chicago Symphony Orchestra](/source/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra) for a series of Mozart productions, and in [Le Châtelet](/source/Le_Ch%C3%A2telet), [Paris](/source/Paris), for a performance of *[Wozzeck](/source/Wozzeck)*.[1][2]

Carthy was appointed [Music Director](/source/Music_director) at the [Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana](/source/Orchestra_della_Svizzera_Italiana) in 1992.[1] Under his stewardship, the orchestra performed at the [Lucerne Festival](/source/Lucerne_Festival), at the [Concertgebouw](/source/Concertgebouw,_Amsterdam), and at the [Musikverein](/source/Musikverein) in [Vienna](/source/Vienna).[1] Carthy has conducted opera productions in Vienna, [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg), [Oslo](/source/Oslo), [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Winterthur](/source/Winterthur), [Milan](/source/Milan), [Rome](/source/Rome), [Naples](/source/Naples), [Eugene](/source/Eugene,_Oregon), and [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv).[1][2]

Carthy conducted the first performances of [Thomas Adès](/source/Thomas_Ad%C3%A8s)' *[Powder Her Face](/source/Powder_Her_Face)* in Sweden, Israel, Switzerland and Italy.[1] A critical review in [*Opera* magazine](/source/Opera_(British_magazine)) described the first performance in Italy as being "conducted with brilliant musicality."[1][2]

As a guest conductor Carthy has worked with orchestras such as the [Camerata Salzburg](/source/Camerata_Salzburg), [Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg](/source/Mozarteum_Orchestra_Salzburg), [Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Royal_Stockholm_Philharmonic_Orchestra), [Colorado Symphony](/source/Colorado_Symphony), [Teatro di San Carlo](/source/Teatro_di_San_Carlo), Accademia Filarmonica Roma, Orchestra Teatro Reggio Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica del Piemonte, L'Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra di Padua e del Veneto, Pomeriggi Musicale di Milano, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Israel Contemporary Players, [Stadtorchester Winterthur](/source/Stadtorchester_Winterthur), Royal Symphony Orchestra Prague, [Slovak Philharmonic](/source/Slovak_Philharmonic), Slovenian Philharmonic, Orquesta de San Sebastian and the [Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia](/source/Orchestra_dell'Accademia_Nazionale_di_Santa_Cecilia) di Roma, where he collaborated closely with [Luciano Berio](/source/Luciano_Berio) on several projects.[1] He has worked with distinguished soloists including [Radu Lupu](/source/Radu_Lupu), [Alicia de Larrocha](/source/Alicia_de_Larrocha), [Natalia Gutman](/source/Natalia_Gutman), [Viktoria Mullova](/source/Viktoria_Mullova), [Waltraud Meier](/source/Waltraud_Meier), [Robert Dean Smith](/source/Robert_Dean_Smith) and [Wolfgang Holzmair](/source/Wolfgang_Holzmair).[1][2]

Carthy was a guest professor at the opera school in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) (1996-2002) and is musical director of the [Portland State University](/source/Portland_State_University) Summer Program.[1] He is Professor of Music and Opera Music Director at the [University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado) and visiting tutor at the [Royal Northern College of Music](/source/Royal_Northern_College_of_Music).[1][2]

## References

1. ["Nicholas Carthy Profile at the University of Colorado"](http://www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/nicholas-carthy). *Colorado.edu*. 19 October 2015.

1. ["Nicholas Carthy Profile at Daniel Wolfsbauer"](http://wolfsbauer-artists.com/front/cond-dir/nicholas-carthy/lang/en/). *Wolfsbauer-artists.com*

1. ["Swiss Classic Radio"](http://archive.radioswissclassic.ch/cgi-bin/pip/html.cgi?lang=en&m=entity&v=n&sid=192902985615864942664524449b0cb4a5a466). *Archive.radioswissclassic.ch*

1. Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981); updated (2010)

## External links

- [Nicholas Carthy at the University of Colorado](http://www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/nicholas-carthy)
- [Nicholas Carthy at Daniel Wolfsbauer](http://wolfsbauer-artists.com/front/cond-dir/nicholas-carthy/lang/en/)
- [Nicholas Carthy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1646840/) at IMDb

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