ABOUT ME

Noah Mond is a 24-year-old cross-genre bass vocalist from Stony Brook, NY known for his passionate stage presence and versatility across dramatic and comedic works. This year he looks forward to an exciting performance schedule as an upcoming Mary Ragland Emerging Artist at Nashville Opera. There he will be seen as Billy Jackrabbit and José Castro in La fanciulla del West and will cover the role of Ashby, as well as Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, where he will cover the role of Don Basilio. He will also tour with Nashville Opera on Tour as Mr. Bigbad in Little Red’s Most Unusual Day. Prior to arriving in Nashville, he will join the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center as a chorus member of Aida, after performing with Wilmington Concert Opera as Schémil, Hermann, and Crespel in the cover performance of Les Contes d’Hoffmann and as Eeyore in the workshop of the new musical Christopher Robin and Pooh.

Mond has been seen in numerous performances at various summer music festivals. He was a Frank R. Browell III Apprentice Artist at the Des Moines Metro Opera for the past two summers. There he was in The Rake’s Progress as Solo Voice and Father Trulove cover, Il barbiere di Siviglia as Il Notaio and Ambrogio cover as well as covering the roles of Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande) and Jimmy O’Donnelly/Mr. Carhart in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s American Apollo. In summer 2023, he was seen as Marco (Gianni Schicchi) and Father/Ben/Sepulchral Voice (Lady in the Dark) at the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory under the direction of Marlena Malas. At the Trentino Music Festival, he performed as Sarastro/Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte) and Seneca (L’Incoronazione di Poppea World Premiere Ribchester Edition). He has also performed at the Vienna Summer Music Festival as Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), Colline (La bohème Cover), Oberon (Paul Richards’ The Loathly Lady *World Premiere) and at the Utah Vocal Arts Academy as Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro).

This past year he performed across the DC and NYC areas. He made his Public Theater debut as Manifesto in Christian Dé Gré Cardenas’ Orgullo, which was written specifically for him. and brought selections from Orgullo and other Twisted Operelas to Feinstein’s/54 Below. He was seen with various companies including the Castleton Festival, the Washington Opera Society where he sang Jake Wallace (La fanciulla del West), Opera Baltimore where he reprised his role of the Vicar in the cover performance of Albert Herring, Bel Cantanti Opera where he played Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette), and the National Symphony Orchestra where he made his Kennedy Center debut in Handel’s Messiah.

Last year was also a notable year for competitions for Mond. He was chosen as a National Finalist for the National Opera Association Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition at the NOA conference in Savannah, GA. His participation in the Opera Index Vocal Competition led him to an encouragement award win. He also made the National Semifinals of the Pasadena Vocal Competition.

Mond recently graduated with his Masters of Music degree in Opera Performance as a Dominic Cossa Scholar at the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, College Park in the studio of Kevin Short. In his first year, he was featured in multiple performances at the university and the DMV area at large, including Mr. Gedge, the Vicar (Albert Herring), Manifesto (Orgullo), Naviero Cojo/Riolobo cover (Florencia en el Amazonas), bass soloist in the University of Maryland Bach Cantata Series, Mozart scenes at the National Gallery of Art, and bass soloist in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb at the Church of the Epiphany. He competed at the inaugural Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition for the DMV district, where he won an Encouragement Award, as well as the Shirley Rabb Winston Vocal Scholarship where he won first place. In his final year he sang Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) and Sir John Falstaff (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor).

Mond is a proud graduate and Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. There he received his Bachelors degree in Voice Performance with a minor in Computer Science. As a student of Amy Jarman, Mond was featured in several operatic performances, including Guglielmo (Così fan Tutte), Le Baron de Pictordu (Viardot’s Cendrillon), Cadmus (Semele), Superintendant Budd (Albert Herring), and Monkey King/Crocodile/Lady Tiger (Kamala Sankaram’s Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers), which won him the 2022 Julius and Magda Lachs Award for Excellence in Opera. During his time at Vanderbilt he won numerous awards, including the Encouragement Award for the Orpheus Vocal Competition, 4th place in the Neapolitan Masters Competition Promises Category, and 1st place in the TN state NATS in both musical theater and classical categories.

Under the direction of Tucker Biddlecombe, Mond was also seen in numerous choral performances, both as a soloist and choir member/section leader. In May 2022, he sang as the bass with the Vanderbilt Choral Scholars across the United Kingdom. He was also the bass of the acapella group Harmonic Notion and can be heard on the EP’s Unplugged, Airborne, and HarmonX: 10th Anniersary (Live).

Mond is also a lover of Vocal Jazz. In the summer of 2019, he was selected for Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook Academy, where he participated in masterclasses and performances with incredible superstars of the jazz and musical theater repertoires. This spurred him to study vocal jazz privately at Vanderbilt under Mark Kibble (Take 6), Bethany Merritt, and Christina Watson.

Mond is an avid lover of new and contemporary music. On top of numerous world premieres, his performance of Juliana Hall’s AHAB, a monodrama was deemed “Stellar singing and such wonderful dramatic portrayal of the character” by the composer herself. While at Vanderbilt he built upon his passion for stage direction, where he directed scenes from operas and plays, as well as the world premiere of Jason Brauer’s La Muñeca Menor.

Outside of singing Mond was an 8-time Junior Olympian swimmer, specializing in breaststroke and backstroke. In his free time he can be seen watching a gripping miniseries or listening to Cynthia Erivo or Audra McDonald loudly in the car.