April 2, 2025
Nicole Heaston portrays Claire Devon in “The Listeners” at the Lyric Opera. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO.
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Local Opera Singer Performs In “The Listeners” Production
Nicole Heaston grew up singing. The Chicago native was in the Chicago Children’s Choir and attended Kenwood Academy for high school, where Dr. Lena McLin was her choral teacher. When McLin heard Heaston sing, she told her that she was really a soprano and an opera singer. She then showed Heaston photos of Black opera singers and told her that she was one of them.