As Jupiter, Nicolas Testé unleashed a resonsant, velvety bass worthy of a god.
Opera News
Native Frenchman Nicolas Testé . . . imbued the priest Nourabad with a mellow soft-grained bass-baritone and a handsome brooding presence.
Classical Voice North America
The French bass-baritone Nicolas Testé studied piano, bassoon and music history in Paris before embarking on a career as a singer. He studied at the Opéra National de Paris and Centre de Formation Lyrique. In 1998 he was awarded with the Second Prize at the “Voix Nouvelles” competition.
Nicolas Testé regularly performs in many renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, Staatsoper Munich, Los Angeles Opera, San Fransisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Grand Théâtre Geneva, Teatro La Fenice as well as at the Glyndebourne Festival and Chorégies d’Orange.
SEP 28
OCT 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16,
20, 24
Paris
France
Les Huguenots / Marcel
Lisette Oropesa, Yosep Kang, Ermonela Jaho, Karine Deshayes, Nicolas Testé
Michele Mariotti, conductor
Andreas Kriegenburg, director
NOV 14 17, 20, 24, 28
DEC 1
New York
United States
Les Pêcheurs de Perles / Nourabad
Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena, Mariusz Kwiecień, Nicolas Testé
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Penny Woolcock, director
DEC 14
Paris
France
L’Enfance du Christ / Hérode
Stéphanie, D’Oustrac, Bernard Richter, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Nicolas Testé
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Les Huguenots at Opéra Bastille
News: Aug 01 2018
Nicolas Testé returns to the Opéra Bastille to sing in Meyerbeer’s grand opera masterpiece, Les Huguenots. The rest of the cast includes other internationally acclaimed singers, with Lisette Oropesa as Marguerite de Valois, Yosep Kang as Raoul de Nangis, Ermonela Jaho as Valentine and Karine Deshayes as Urbain. The performances take place from September 28 until to October 24 and Michele Mariotti leads the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris.
Les Huguenots is a monumental fresco featuring various impossible loves in the context of the Saint Bartholomew Massacre. First performed at the Paris Opera, the work celebrated its centenary there in 1936, after more than a thousand performances, before being stowed in the archives of the Palais Garnier – the “grande boutique”. For its revival, Andreas Kriegenburg, the stage director, places these timeless conflicts of love and religion in an immaculate setting in which the costumes appear yet more flamboyant and the victims’ blood more violently red.
For more information and tickets, visit the Opéra Bastille website.
French bass-baritone Nicolas Testé was an excellent and tragic King Arkel. He rounded out a well-balanced cast in a hall that begs for more singing...
Montreal Gazette
... the bass-baritone Nicolas Testé, as Des Grieux’s father, sang with rich, smooth tone.
The New York Times
... the bass-baritone Nicolas Testé, as Des Grieux’s father, sang with rich, smooth tone.
The New York Times
