Nyle Wolfe - 2000 and Beyond

2000 and Beyond

In 2000, Nyle was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen. In Gelsenkirchen, he sang hundreds of performances, highlights included Dandini in La Cenerentola, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Figaro in The Barber of Seville and in the German premiere of Roland Moser's Avatar. At the Ruhrtriennale Festival he sang the world premiere of Alexander Mullenbach's Die Todesbrücke which was revived at the Théâtre National de Luxemburg. Nyle was also guest with other opera companies, including Opera Ireland for the Irish premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie and in Cologne in La finta giardiniera. Nyle was featured in American musical in productions of Kiss Me, Kate, Crazy for You and Cy Coleman's The Life as well as popular repertoire with concerts of music associated with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Blues Brothers.

In November 2006, Nyle returned to Cork Opera House as Figaro in Rossini's Barber of Seville with Opera 2005, the production was nominated for a theatre award by The Irish Times.

During 2007, Nyle moved home to Ireland to concentrate on a new project. Together with his longtime collaborator David Wray and Mark McCabe, they produced Nyle's first commercial solo recording, Moodswings. An Irish national tour followed. In 2008, Nyle will continue to tour with his band with concerts planned in Ireland at the National Concert Hall and America.

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