Born in the UK and now resident in Copenhagen, coloratura soprano Nia Coleman trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and the Alexander Gibson Opera School the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, following on from a first degree in Music and Drama at Manchester University.
Summer 2025 saw Nia return to Longborough Festival Opera as Yniold Pelléas et Mélisande. She has also recently covered the role of Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos for the Royal Danish Opera, performing the role to much acclaim for the general rehearsal; for the same house she has also performed excerpts as Madame Mao Nixon in China, has featured as soprano soloist for Mendelssohn Hör mein Bitten on Radio Danmark, and has also appeared as La Cugina Madama Butterfly and Solo Handmaid The Handmaid’s Tale.
Fast gaining a reputation for her work in contemporary music, Nia’s recent projects including Hannah Kendall’s The Knife of Dawn for the Royal Ballet and Opera in London (conducted by Jonathon Heyward; directed by Ola Ince) and the premiere of New Dark Age (conducted by Natalie Murray Beale; directed by Katie Mitchell) for the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, the world premiere of the Elena Langer’s song cycle It’s Not You, It’s Me at the Wigmore Hall, the world premiere of Spellbook for Longborough Festival Opera in collaboration with RIOT Ensemble, and the UK premiere of Ana Sokolović’s Svadba, a contemporary folk opera for six unaccompanied female voices at Waterperry Opera Festival.
Nia also regularly appears on the concert platform at leading UK venues including the Royal Opera House, the Wigmore Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Halls, Edinburgh Usher Hall and Snape Maltings. She has also appeared as guest soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for their chamber concert series, covering a wide variety of repertoire including Cunégonde’s Glitter and be Gay from Bernstein’s Candide to Cantilena in Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras. Nia has also appeared as soloist for the Royal Academy of Music & Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series, and is a Britten-Pears Young Artist alumna.
Nia’s extensive stage experience covers opera, music theatre and straight theatre, with her other roles including Kitty Hart Dead Man Walking, Musetta La bohème, Nella Gianni Schicchi, Bubikopf Der Kaiser Von Atlantis and Belinda Dido and Aeneas, as well as Maria West Side Story and Juliet Romeo and Juliet.
