Nicolas Testé (born November 28, 1970) is a French concert, song and opera singer in the

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vocal range.

Career

Born in Paris, Testé first studied piano, bassoon and music history in Paris. He studied singing at the Paris Opéra and the "Centre de Formation Lyrique", among others. In 1998, he won second place in the "Voix Nouvelles" singing competition. The artist sang and sings on the opera stages of Milan, Munich, Leipzig, Geneva, Lyon, Berlin, Antwerp, Vienna and New York. etc. His role repertoire includes: Léandro ('' The Love for Three Oranges''), Ferrando ('' Il trovatore''), Masetto (''

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''), Angelotti (''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...

''), Colline ('' La Bohème'') and Agamemnon ('' Iphigénie en Aulide'') among others. In 2014 he appeared together with his wife in Lotte de Beer's much discussed production of ''

Les pêcheurs de perles ' (''The Pearl Fishers'') is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performances in ...

'' in

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. Nicolas Testé, bass-baritone
(Operabase) Testé is also active as a song and concert singer. In this respect he has worked with conductors such as John Eliot Gardiner, Emmanuel Krivine, Charles Mackerras,

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and

Pinchas Steinberg Pinchas Steinberg (born 13 December 1945 ) is a conductor born in mandatory Palestine. He is currently the Chief Conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Early career Steinberg studied violin in the USA under Jascha Heifetz and Joseph ...

. The singer has been married to the soprano Diana Damrau since May 2010; the couple has two sons.

References

External links

Official website

(Metropolitan Opera Association)
Discography
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Nicolas Testé
(Bach Cantatas Website)
Diana Damrau & Nicolas Testé - Somewhere
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