Nicholas studied at the Royal College of Music International Opera School. Roles include Martin Candide (West Green House), Masetto Don Giovanni (Waterperry Opera Festival), Blansac La Scala di Seta, Capo Guardiano Risurrezione (Wexford Festival Opera), Zaretsky Eugene Onegin (Mid Wales Opera), title role Don Giovanni (Rye Festival), Erasto Giove in Argo (London Handel Festival), and L’horloge comtoise / Le Chat in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges (RCMIOS). He created the role of The Architect Serpentine; the analysis of beauty for an RCMIOS collaboration with Tête à Tête and has performed at the British Embassy in Paris and the Elgar rooms in the Royal Albert Hall.