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Nicolò Balducci

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Since his professional debut in 2021 27-year-old Nicolò Balducci has rapidly established himself as one of Europe’s most sought-after countertenors. Praised for “the athleticism of his coloratura” (Gramophone), his crystalline timbre and expressive stage presence, “singing with a sense of enjoyment and freedom” (OperaWire), he won 1st Prize and Young Artist Prize at the 2022 Renata Tebaldi Competition, 3rd Prize and Young Artist Award at the 2022 Cesti Competition Innsbruck, and 1st Prize of the 2021 Concorso Niccolò Piccinni. For his portrayal of Lucio Cinna in Lucio Silla at Landestheater Salzburg, he was nominated as Best Male Newcomer for the Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis 2025.

The season 2026/27 will see several house and role debuts: as Ruggiero in Handel‘s Alcina at Teatro di Cagliari, as Roméo in Zingarelli’s Roméo et Juliette at Opéra Royal de Versailles and as Crisostomo Colonna/Rappresentante del Parlamento in Bona Sforza by Zygmunt Krauze at Teatro Petruzelli Bari. He will also return to Oper Köln to reprise the role of Nerone/L’incoronazione di Poppea. In concert he will appear with ensembles including Il Gusto Barocco, Concerto Stella Matutina, Ensemble Mare Nostrum and Accademia Bizantina.

In recent years he made a series of significant debuts: as a highly acclaimed Sesto Pompeo in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Maggio Musicale in Florence, Miles in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at Staatsoper Berlin, Ulisse in Handel’s Deidamia at Wexford Festival Opera and at Händel-Festspiele Göttingen, Annio in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito at Teatro La Fenice and Megacle in Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade at Teatro Ristori in Verona. He sang Nerone in Ted Huffman’s production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Oper Köln, Opéra de Toulon, and the Palau de les Arts Valencia and in concerts across France and Canada with Cappella Mediterranea and Leonardo García Alarcón.

Nicolò Balducci’s other notable roles include Sesto Pompeo in Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno and Ulisse in Porpora’s Iphigenia in Aulis, both at the Bayreuth Baroque Festival, Arbace in Mozart’s Mitridate at Opéra de Lausanne and Opéra de Montpellier, Fama in Conti’s Il trionfo della Fama with Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.

As frequent guest artist at the Château de Versailles, he has sung roles such as Imeneo in Vivaldi’s Gloria e Imeneo, Gilbert in Zingarelli’s Roméo et Juliette and Monteverdi’s Nerone, as well as Handel’s Messiah and Sosarme, re di Media. His portrayal of Arioco in Favetti’s Il Dialogo di Nabucco together with Leonardo García Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea toured France and was also recorded for CD.

Nicolò Balducci performed Arzane in Vivaldi’s Arsilda with La Cetra Barockorchester and Andrea Marcon in Amsterdam, Madrid, Santander and Basel (released by Naïve). Additional engagements have taken him to the Händel-Festspiele Halle, Festival Resonanzen Vienna, and to the Festival d’Ambronay, where he sang Morte Eterna in Draghi’s Il Dono della Vita Eterna.

Nicolò Balducci made his operatic debut as a student as Oberto/Alcina at the Teatro Olimpico Vicenza, conducted by Andrea Marcon (broadcast on Rai5), followed by Cavalli’s Xerse at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, and Arvo Pärt’s Stabat Mater on tour with Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini.

An exclusive artist with BIS Records, Nicolò Balducci has so far released three solo albums: Castrapolis – Neapolitan Cantatas and Arias, followed by Amore Dolore – Countertenor Arias, and a third album, entitled Confidenze, of songs by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. His discography includes several releases on the Château de Versailles label, on CPO and Naive, and he is featured on the soundtrack of Marco Bellocchio’s film Rapito, which was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

Nicolò Balducci holds a bachelor’s degree from the Conservatory of Matera and a Master’s degree with honors in baroque singing from the Conservatory of Vicenza, where he studied under Gemma Bertagnolli.

 
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