Nicholas is currently based in Pittsford, VT. He teaches at Clark University in Worcester, MA, as well as Keene State College in Keene, NH. He is the former associate director of Opera Vermont and Barn Opera in Brandon, Vermont.

Nicholas’ most recent roles include: Barone Duphol, Verdi’s La Traviata, Samuel, Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Timur, Puccini’s Turandot, Don Magnifico, Rossini’s Cenerentola, Schaunard, Puccini’s la Bohème, Germont, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Don Pasquale, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Recent stage directing credits include: Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon with Longy School of Music, and Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World with Clark University.