News & Press
Norma at Palm Beach Opera
News & Press: Apr 06 2024
“As Oroveso, Norma’s father and leader of the Gauls, the bass-baritone Nicolas Testé sang with effortless authority and a dark vocal gleam. Clad in red and gold, carrying a staff, he was a convincing portrait of tribal leadership.”
South Florida Classical Review
“Bass-baritone Nicolas Testé was a cavernous voice in the role of Oroveso. His character made several proclamations during scenes and shared a paternal relationship with the character of Norma.”
Roméo et Juliette at Washington National Opera
News & Press: Nov 07 2023
“…I was most taken by bass Nicolas Testé, whose magnificent Frère Laurent made a potentially dull wedding quite captivating (doubly so his one-note description of Juliet’s deceptive poison), and who did impressive double-duty as the Duke of Verona.”
“French bass Nicolas Testé brought a puissant, refined elder presence to the roles of Frère Laurent… and the Duke of Verona.”
“Bass Nicolas Testé sang the roles for both the Duke of Verona and Frére Laurent. His beautiful voice and singing readily take command of the stage”
“Nicolas Testé as Frère Laurent… [was] superb in [his] respective role[s].”
“…Nicolas Testé’s comforting bass gave her partner in crime, Frere Laurent, a thoughtful authority.”
Recital at Peralada Festival
News & Press: Jul 31 2023
“El dramatismo ha vuelto a escena con Testé y su impecable interpretación del aria para abajo Sí, morir ella de!- Quién chiamata me avete?, de La Gioconda (Amilcare Ponchielli), vivo reflejo del despecho y la ira de Alvise Badoero.
Testé ha hecho gala durante todo el recital de una suficiencia y confianza en sus virtudes como cantante espectaculares. La interpretación de Testé en esta pieza ha contrastado con locura y la inocencia de Ana Bolena, protagonista de la ópera homónima de Donizetti, que Damrau ha llevado a escena con la sublime interpretación del aria Al dolce guidami, que sitúa a su personaje en la Torre de Londres, a las puertas de su ejecución. Testé y Damrau han cerrado la primera parte con el dúo de Elvira y Giorgio, O amato zio, de I Puritani, de Bellini.”
“Testé tiene una voz profunda y demostró una gran musicalidad en el fraseo y las dinámicas, con un color de voz bellísimo en un bajo. En su dúo con Damrau deY Puritani fue como si estuviéramos viendo una ópera en vez de un recital, con ambos metidos en los respectivos personajes, y su aria “Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni” de Eugen Onieguin, pasando del dolor a la oración y la desesperación final, rompió más de un corazón.”
“Love and life” summer recitals
News & Press: Jul 13 2023
Together with Diana Damrau and renowned pianist Helmut Deutsch, Nicolas Testé graces the stage of the Festival de Peralada on July 29 with “Amor i vida”. They will perform works by Duparc, Strauss, Gounod, Donizetti, Bellini and Léhar, among others, to offer an inspiring journey through opera, operetta, as well as Lieder and songs.
They will reprise this program at the Festival de Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche on August 4, with pianist Ramon Théobald.
Kings and Queens of Opera Asia Tour
News & Press: May 07 2023 | The Straits Times
His richly burnished and stentorian voice shone in portrayals of Claudius (Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet), Solomon (Charles Gounod’s Queen Of Sheba), Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi’s opera of the same title) and Prince Gremin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin)...
“Teste also had moments in the spotlight. His richly burnished and stentorian voice shone in portrayals of Claudius (Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet), Solomon (Charles Gounod’s Queen Of Sheba), Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi’s opera of the same title) and Prince Gremin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin), demonstrating that his was no undercard act.”
Kings & Queens of Opera Asian tour
News: Apr 10 2023
This May, Nicolas Testé returns to Asia with the Kings & Queens of Opera program, an enthralling evening of bel canto and verismo music, joined by Diana Damrau and conductor Pavel Baleff.
They will be accompanied by local orchestras in each city, performing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at Esplanade Concert Hall, the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra at Taipei National Concert Hall, the KBS Symphony Orchestra at Lotte Concert Hall and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at Suntory Hall.
At the Hong Kong Cultural Centre he will sing a recital titled All for Love, alongside Diana Damrau and pianist Mathieu Pordoy, featuring a program of Lieder, French song, operetta, and opera arias and duets. For a full list of dates and locations, see the list below: