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One of the most interesting young talents in the Italian opera scene, bass Nicolò Donini in 2018 has been admitted to Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro and he had his debut at Rossini Opera Festival as Lord Sidney / Don Prudenzio in Il viaggio a Reims, since then is a regular guest at the ROF.
Born in Bologna in 1990, Nicolò Donini entered the children’s choir of Teatro Comunale di Bologna when he was eleven years old, then he studied piano at the Conservatory G. B. Martini in Bologna, where he graduated in singing. He has also obtained a degree from the Conservatory A. Boito in Parma.
Thanks to Scuola dell’Opera, he had the chance to participate in many productions of Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Madama Butterfly, La traviata, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto) and of Teatro Regio di Parma, where he had his debut in 2016 as Martino in L’occasione fa il ladro.
Member of the Academy “Rodolfo Celletti” in Martina Franca, he could debut several roles at Festival della Valle d’Itria: Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Luka in The Bear by W. Walton and Atlante in Baccanali by A. Steffani, also recorded live for Dynamic.
In 2017 he has also been a member of Opera (e)Studio project at Ópera di Tenerife, where he has sung in the productions of I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Lorenzo), La traviata under the baton of Renato Palumbo and Il viaggio a Reims (Trombonok).
Other highlights of his career are Le trouvère at Festival Verdi Parma staged by Robert Wilson and under the baton of Roberto Abbado, Elektra in Rome with Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano, Händel’s Silla at Festival George Enescu in Bucharest, with Europa Galante and Fabio Biondi, Les Martyrs at Theater an der Wien, La Gioconda at Salzburg Festival, and several debut in Rossini’s leading roles:Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari), Orbazzano in Tancredi (Pesaro), Mustafà in L’italiana in Algeri (Rete Lirica Marche).
LATEST PERFORMANCES: Roberto Devereux (Gualtiero) at Teatro Comunale di Bologna; I Capuleti ed i Montecchi in Cologne and in Hamburg; Don Giovanni (Leporello) at Da Ponte Opera Festival; Hamlet (Polonius) at Teatro Regio di Torino; La Fanciulla del West and Don Giovanni (Masetto) in Bologna; Carmen at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli; Bianca e Faliero and Il viaggio a reims at Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro;; Anna Bolena at Teatro Verdi in Trieste and at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli.
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: Otello at Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège; Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro) at Da Ponte Opera Festival; Amelia al ballo at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Ermione (Fenicio) in concert at Theater an der Wien; Busoni’s Arlecchino (Ser Matteo del Sarto) at Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari.
