| Timothy Nolen was born July 9, 1941 in Rotan, Texas in Fisher
County. He is an actor and baritone who has had an active career in
operas, musicals, concerts, plays, and on television for over four
decades. He notably portrayed the title role in the first operatic
presentation of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Houston Grand
Opera in 1984. He later reprised that role at Chicago's Marriott
Theatre in 1993, receiving a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for
his portrayal. He then performed the role of Judge Turpin in a
concert version of Sweeney Todd broadcast on PBS's Great
Performances in 2000 with the New York Philharmonic, George Hearn,
Patti LuPone, and Neil Patrick Harris. He has since played Judge
Turpin in numerous productions, including those at the San Francisco
Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Nolen began his career
appearing in small supporting roles with opera companies in the
United States during the 1960s. He made his debut at the San
Francisco Opera as the Officer in the United States premiere of
Darius Milhaud's Christophe Colomb on October 5, 1968. He appeared
in several supporting roles with the company through 1973, including
Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette, Marullo in Rigoletto, Montano in
Otello, Morales in Carmen, Ned Keene in Peter Grimes, Schaunard in
La Bohème, Sciarrone in Tosca, and the Wigmaker in Ariadne auf Naxos
among others. He then portrayed leading roles at the SFO like Figaro
in The Barber of Seville (1976, with Frederica von Stade as Rosina),
Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale (1980, with Geraint Evans in the title
role), and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (1990, with Patricia Racette
as Rosalinde
He made his Broadway
debut in 1985 as Doyle in the original production of Larry
Grossman's Grind; a portrayal for which he received a Drama Desk
Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He
later returned to Broadway to portray the title roles in the
musicals The Phantom of the Opera and Cyrano: The Musical (1994).
His television appearances include guest star appearances on such
programs as The Sopranos, Wildfire, and Guiding
Light among others.
Timothy Nolen passed
August 31, 2023
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