Sahar Nouri

Pianist / Vocal coach / Founder

Iranian conductor and pianist, Sahar Nouri, returns to Opera Colorado in 2020-21 for a fifth season serving as the company’s chorus master, assistant conductor and principal coach. Ms. Nouri is the recently appointed Music Director of the Lamont Opera Theater at University of Denver. She is also on the music staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Ms. Nouri’s recent engagements include Rusalka at San Francisco Opera, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Colorado, world premiere of Today It Rains (Laura Kaminsky) at Opera Parallèle, and Pagliacci at Opera North Carolina.

Previously, Ms. Nouri has been a member of the music staff at San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera North Carolina, Opera Parallèle, Glimmerglass Festival, Utah Opera, Opera in the Heights, Aspen Opera Theatre, Opera Steamboat and Merola Opera. Besides working on many classic operas, Ms. Nouri has been a part of several world premieres such as Prince of Players (Carlisle Floyd), O Columbia! (Greg Spears), Steal a Pencil for Me (Gerald Cohen), and Today It Rains (Laura Kaminsky).

As a recitalist, Ms. Nouri has performed numerous concerts across the nation including with Matthew Polenzani at Denver Art Museum Gala, with Mane Galoyan at Musical Bridges Around the World in San Antonio, and with Houston Grand Opera studio artists at the Reinzi Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

A multi-lingual coach, Ms. Nouri has studied in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Austria and is frequently in demand as a language coach.