Nicholas – Italian Opera Singer

Classically Trained Baritone with a diversified repertoire

Barber of Seville, New York New York, Stars from Les Miserables, Baby Can I hold you, We are the Champions

Nicholas is a classically trained singer-high baritone and actor with extensive experience in various entertainment mediums spanning from stage performances in opera, musical, operetta, theatre and pop opera/ crossover to feature films, short films and commercial campaigns.

Baritone Opera Singer for Hire in London

His repertoire expands from classical arias, opera, operetta and musicals. These include songs from the ‘The barber of Seville’, ‘Don Pasquale’, ‘I Pagliacci’ (Silvio), ‘Les Pecheurs des Perles’, ‘Die Zauberflote’, Fr. Lehar-‘The Merry Widow’ (Danilo), ‘The Riviera Girl’ (Boni), ‘Rebecca’ The Musical, to Frank Sinatra style songs, traditional Italian songs-canzonetta, cinematic songs, pop-opera covers from Bocelli, Alessandro Safina and others, and international romantic songs.

Some of his past credits include The Musical ‘Marco Polo, An Untold Love Story’ that premiered at the Shaw Theatre, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Pantomime with the Carousel Theatre and ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation in the role of the orchestra conductor.

Audio

Barbier Figaro

Beau soir – C. Debussy

Core ‘ngrato

Frank Bridge-Come to me in my dreams

Im Fruhling – Franz Schubert

Italiana in Alger – G. Rossini

La Boheme – R. Leoncavallo

Les pecheurs de perles – G. Bizet

Luna – Alessandro Safina

My Way

Repertoire

Traditional Italian Songs

Chitarra romana
Core’ ngrato
Che sara
Mattinata
Funiculi funicula
Granada
Dicitincello vuje
O, sole mio
Torna a surriento
Caruso
Mamma
Non ti scordar di me
Parlami d’amore Mariu
Voice e notte
Oci ciorne – Dark eyes
Maria, Mari – E. di Capua
A marechiare – F. Paolo Tosti
O surdato nnamorato
Santa Lucia – Teodoro Cottrau
Non t’amo piu – Tosti
Musica Proibita – Gastaldon/Flick-Flack
Cielito Lindo
Solamente una vez
Aquarela do Brazil
Manha de Carnaval
Amapola
En aranjuez con tu amor
Be my love
Caminito

West End and Musical Theatre

Maria – West Side Story
Some enchanted evening – South Pacific
You’ll never walk alone
Music of the Night – Phantom of the Opera
Stars – Les Miserables
The Impossible dream – The Man from La Mancha
On the street where you live
Memory – Cats
Singin’ in the rain

Film Music

New York, New York
Parla piu piano
Nelle Tue mani – Now we are free
My way
Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Doctor Zhivago – Lara theme
Por una cabezza – Scent of a woman
La vita e bella – Sorridi amore vai
Eternally – Charlie Chaplin
Cinema Paradiso – Se

Popular Songs

Danny Boy
You raise me up
Those were the days
Yesterday
C’est Magnifique
Baby can I hold you tonight
Canto Della terra
Il mare calmo della serra
Love in Portofino
Baby can I hold you tonight
Besame Mucho
Un amore cosi grande
Luna-Alessandro Safina
Volare
Incanto
Musical di te
Canto la vita
Fine non ha mai
Del perduto amore
Gli amore
La site di Vivere
Guarda che luna
Regresa a mi
Sempre per sempre
Malaguena
Jealousy
Valencia
La Paloma

Opera/ Classical
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Nessun dorma
The Barber of Seville – Figaro (Largo al factotum)

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Comments

Stu Mason
July 22, 2022 at 9:26 am
Hey, looking for something exactly like you to sing at our wedding breakfast in Mia Mamma in Chelsea on the 3rd of Sept at around 3pm. It would be during the meal, 2 x 45 minute sessions would be ideal. Would be amazing if you’re available to get a quote on this! The wife-to-be doesn’t know, so it would be a bit of a surprise. Would be good to talk more as there is something particularly interesting I think she’d love…

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Opera Singers are specialised and skilled performers who train extensively in music and theatre to perform the Opera. A celebrated and demanding dramatic art form that combines musical score and text. Their particular and unusual set of skills arises from the demands of their art form. An opera is a combination of both music and theatre. Opera singers are required to do a lot more than just sing. They merge their astounding musical skill with impressive acting as well as mobility to bring the work of composers to life.

Whether cast as an operatic soloist or chorus member, the singer’s work on a production begins with rehearsals, in which the performers focus on the interpretation and reading of the text almost as if it were a play. Soloists, chorus members, and the orchestra gather regularly for separate music rehearsals that are led by a conductor. In weeks leading up to the final performance, opera singers may spend up to six hours a day rehearsing!

There are a wide variety of different types of opera singers. A Soprano is a type of classical singing female voice that has the highest vocal range of all voice types. In music that is written in four parts, the Soprano is the highest. The term derives from the Italian sopra (“above”) and corresponds to the earlier Latin term superius. Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Mirella Freni and many more Italian Opera performers paved the way for many other talented singers in Opera through the inspiration of their work throughout the decades. Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600, and Italian Opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day.

“Largo al factotum” is one of the most profound and popular operatic compositions. It is sung as the first entry in the opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ by well-known composer Rossini. Despite it being one of the most challenging compositions for a baritone to perform, it is still used in the comedy animated series ‘Tom and Jerry’.