In the 2011-12 season, Nova makes his role and house debuts with Opera San Jose, singing Arbace in Mozart’s Idomeneo; and he returns to L.A. Opera as a principal artist in their upcoming outreach tour.

In the 2010-11 season, Nova made role debuts as Tybalt in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, Goro in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Gastone in Verdi’s La Traviata. He made house debuts at Townsend Opera in Modesto, Opera Santa Barbara, and Saint Petersburg Opera in Florida.

Nova was a finalist in the Irene Dalis Vocal Competition at Opera San Jose, where his performance in the finals concert was described as containing “gorgeous and amazingly breath-free lines.”

He was hailed for his professional musical theatre debut in Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 2009 production of Guys And Dolls. Theatre trade publication Backstage described his performance of Nicely-Nicely as “a delight.”

Nova made his principal artist debut with L.A. Opera’s outreach tour in 2009, singing Count Almaviva in Figaro’s American Adventure. And he created the role of Nick Robbins in the 2010 world premiere of Kenneth Wells’ opera The First Lady, based on the life of Eleanor Roosevelt just after FDR’s death.

Nova was an apprentice artist with Opera Santa Barbara, where he covered the role of Remendado in Carmen, and St. Petersburg Opera of Florida, where he covered and performed the role of Nemorino in Elixir of Love. Other recent roles include Vašek in The Bartered Bride, Belmonte in Abduction from the Seraglio, and Beppe in Pagliacci.

As a promising young tenor, he made his professional debut at the age of 17 with the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, singing the sailor in Dido And Aeneas. That same year, he sang at the United Nations in a special presentation, and performed a comprimario role with the Los Angeles Opera outreach tour of Lee Holdridge’s Journey to Cordoba.