Up and coming tenor Nathan Bowles is a versatile artist based in Dallas, TX. Heralded as having a voice “without dross” and for his “flawless vocal technique”, he is quickly earning his reputation as a compelling stage performer. 

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Bowles made his Dallas Opera main stage debut this year as Benvolio in Romeo et Juliette. He has also performed with The Dallas Opera outreach as Miguel in Offenbach’s Pépito, and as Dandini in The Billy Goats Gruff.  With The Santa Fe Opera, Bowles was featured as Animal Tamer and Waiter 2 in Der Rosenkavalier. He has been heard with Western Plains Opera as Don José in Carmen, John Styx in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Baker in Into the Woods, and as Alfred in Die Fledermaus. With the SMU Lyric Theatre, he has been heard in such roles as Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Judge Danforth in The Crucible.

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Bowles is a 2024 National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, winning the New Orleans district and Gulf Coast Region. Concert performances include Vaughan Williams’ Hodie, Hailstork’s I Will Lift up Mine Eyes, and in the DSO Symphony Gala. Bowles is a graduate from Minot State University and holds a Master’s degree from Southern Methodist University.

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