Nicholas Watts trained at the Royal College of Music and graduated from the Benjamin Britten International Opera School. Whilst at the RCM he won the prestigious Concerto Prize in 2001 performing Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

Nicholas’ operatic roles have included Contino Belfiore La Finta Giardiniera at the Royal Opera House, Liberto/Tribune/1^st Soldier L’Incoronazione di Poppea for the Theater an der Wien, Ferrando Cosi van Tutte for Opera North, Lucano/1^st Soldier The Coronation of Poppea, Odoardo Ariodante and Spirit/Shepherd Orfeo for English National Opera, Oronte L’Incoronazione di Dario and Serano/Bertram La Donna del Lago for Garsington Festival Opera, Acis Acis & Galatea for Christian Curnyn and Transition Opera.

In addition, Nicholas has covered Ferrando Cosi van Tutte and Pedrillo Escape from the Seraglio for Opera North, Novice Billy Budd and the tenor roles in King Arthur for ENO and Giacomo La Donna del Lago for Garsington.

Nicholas was a soloist on Les Arts Florissants' 2007 Jardin des Voix tour which included performances in some of Europe’s most prestigious concert halls and opera houses, as well as the Lincoln Center in New York. He has also sung the Evangelist in Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium for Les Arts Florissants, the tenor solos for the Hallé Orchestra in both the Messiah and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion , the latter conducted by Mark Elder, and Theodora for Lawrence Cummings and the London Handel Orchestra in Oslo.

Future projects include a return to the Theater an der Wien to sing Scaramuccio Ariadne auf Naxos, Eustazio Armida for Garsington and Handel’s Messiah for the London Handel Orchestra in Oslo.