About Me

In the fall of 2021, Sahar Nouri returns to Opera Colorado for a fifth season, serving as the company’s chorus master, assistant conductor and principal coach. She is also on the conducting staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s opera program. Nouri’s recent engagements include the world premiere of Today It Rains (by Laura Kaminsky) at Opera Parallèle, Rusalka at San Francisco Opera, Tosca with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and Carmen at Opera North Carolina. At Opera Colorado, Nouri has worked on productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Pagliacci, La fanciulla del West, La bohème, Falstaff, La traviata, Le nozze di Figaro, and the world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me (by Gerald Cohen). Previously, Nouri has been a member of the music staff at Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Utah Opera, Opera North Carolina, Glimmerglass Festival, Opera in the Heights, Aspen Opera Theatre, Opera Steamboat and Merola Opera. A multi-lingual coach, Nouri has studied in the Czech Republic, Italy and Austria and is frequently in demand as a language coach. She is a former violinist who has performed with Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra and has won several prizes, for both violin and piano, in national music festivals and competitions in Iran. Nouri joined the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music as the Music Director of Lamont Opera Theatre in the fall of 2019. A dedicated advocate for the next generation of opera artists, Nouri is the founder and director of The Dandelion Opera Institute.

In the fall of 2021, Sahar Nouri returns to Opera Colorado for a fifth season, serving as the company’s chorus master, assistant conductor and principal coach. She is also on the conducting staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s opera program. Nouri’s recent engagements include the world premiere of Today It Rains (by Laura Kaminsky) at Opera Parallèle, Rusalka at San Francisco Opera, Tosca with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and Carmen at Opera North Carolina. At Opera Colorado, Nouri has worked on productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Pagliacci, La fanciulla del West, La bohème, Falstaff, La traviata, Le nozze di Figaro, and the world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me (by Gerald Cohen). Previously, Nouri has been a member of the music staff at Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Utah Opera, Opera North Carolina, Glimmerglass Festival, Opera in the Heights, Aspen Opera Theatre, Opera Steamboat and Merola Opera. A multi-lingual coach, Nouri has studied in the Czech Republic, Italy and Austria and is frequently in demand as a language coach. She is a former violinist who has performed with Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra and has won several prizes, for both violin and piano, in national music festivals and competitions in Iran. Nouri joined the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music as the Music Director of Lamont Opera Theatre in the fall of 2019. A dedicated advocate for the next generation of opera artists, Nouri is the founder and director of The Dandelion Opera Institute.