Illinois Innovators: Nathan and Julie Gunn

Nathan Gunn is a Grammy-winning operatic baritone. Between performances at the world’s greatest opera venues, Gunn and his equally gifted wife/accompanist, Julie Gunn, work as tenured professors of music at the University of Illinois. Nathan Gunn is a different sort of opera star, known for putting sex-appeal into the opera world. In 2008, People magazine listed Nathan as “One of the Sexiest Men Alive.” Catching a few moments with Nathan gives a glimpse into a very normal family man who also happens to live in a world few of us will ever experience.