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*The Messenger ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'' (d. Tcherniakov c. Altinoglu - La Monnaie, Brussels)
*The Messenger ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'' (d. Tcherniakov c. Altinoglu - La Monnaie, Brussels)
*Sargeant Johnny Strong ''Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel'' (Iain Bell) (d. Kramer c. Brabbins - English National Opera)
*The Tall Prisoner ''From the House of the Dead'' (d. Warlikovsky c. Wigglesworth - ROH / Lyon Opera / La Monnaie, Brussels)
*The Tall Prisoner ''From the House of the Dead'' (d. Warlikovsky c. Wigglesworth - ROH / Lyon Opera / La Monnaie, Brussels)
*Junger Seeman / Ein Hirt ''Tristan und Isode'' (d. Sellers c. Jordan - Opera de Paris / BBCSSO c. Runnicles)
*Junger Seeman / Ein Hirt ''Tristan und Isode'' (d. Sellers c. Jordan - Opera de Paris / BBCSSO c. Runnicles)
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*Lensky ''Eugene Onegin'' (c. Redmond - Cambridge Philharmonic)
*Lensky ''Eugene Onegin'' (c. Redmond - Cambridge Philharmonic)
*Pirzel ''Die Soldaten'' (d. Bieto c. Heras-Casado - Teatro Real, Madrid)
*Pirzel ''Die Soldaten'' (d. Bieto c. Heras-Casado - Teatro Real, Madrid)
*Tichon ''Katya Kabanova'' (d. Fuchs c. Edwards - Opera Holland Park, London)
*Tichon ''Katya Kabanova'' (d. Nolan c. Dohnanyi - Seattle Opera / d. Fuchs c. Edwards - Opera Holland Park, London)
*Steva ''Jenufa'' (d. Mitchell c. Lacey - Grange Park Opera)
*Steva ''Jenufa'' (d. Mitchell c. Lacey - Grange Park Opera / d. Alden c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera / d. Hermanis c. Morlot - La Monnaie, Brussels)
*Andres ''Wozzeck'' (d. Marthaler c. Schonwandt - Opera de Paris)
*Andres ''Wozzeck'' (d. Marthaler c. Schonwandt - Opera de Paris)
*Tichon ''Katya Kabanova'' (d. Nolan c. Dohnanyi - Seattle Opera)
*Mime ''Das Rheingold'' (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
*Mime ''Das Rheingold'' (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
*Alwa ''Lulu'' (d. Kentridge c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera)
*Alwa ''Lulu'' (d. Kentridge c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera)
*Borivoj Dvorak ''Saint Ludmila'' (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
*Borivoj Dvorak ''Saint Ludmila'' (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
*Steva ''Jenufa'' (d. Alden c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera)
*Janek ''The Makropoulos Case'' (d. Jones c. Darlington - Frankfurt Oper)
*Janek ''The Makropoulos Case'' (d. Jones c. Darlington - Frankfurt Oper)
*Courtois ''Zaza'' (d. Waters c. Benini - Opera Rara, Barbican)
*Courtois ''Zaza'' (d. Waters c. Benini - Opera Rara, Barbican)
*Junger Mann / Mann ''Moses und Aron'' (d. Castellucci c. Jordan - Opera de Paris)
*Junger Mann / Mann ''Moses und Aron'' (d. Castellucci c. Jordan - Opera de Paris)
*Francesco ''Benvenuto Cellini'' (d. Gilliam c. Elder - Nederlandse Opera)
*Francesco ''Benvenuto Cellini'' (d. Gilliam c. Elder / Gardener - Nederlandse Opera / English National Opera)
*David ''Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg'' (d. Jones c. Gardener - English National Opera)
*David ''Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg'' (d. Jones c. Gardener - English National Opera)
*Rodolphe ''Guillaume Tell'' (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
*Rodolphe ''Guillaume Tell'' (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
*Mambre ''Mose in Egitto'' (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
*Mambre ''Mose in Egitto'' (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
*Iago ''Otello'' (Rossini) (c. Barlow - Buxton Opera House)
*Iago ''Otello'' (Rossini) (c. Barlow - Buxton Opera House)
*Francesco ''Benvenuto Cellini'' (d. Gilliam c. Gardener - English National Opera)
*Isacco ''La Gazza Ladra'' (d. Alden c. Nanasi / Sagripanti - Frankfurt Oper)
*Isacco ''La Gazza Ladra'' (d. Alden c. Nanasi / Sagripanti - Frankfurt Oper)
*Steva ''Jenufa'' (d. Hermanis c. Morlot - La Monnaie, Brussels)
*Brian ''Two Boys'' (Nico Muhly) (d. Sher c. Robertson - The Metropolitan Opera, New York)
*Brian ''Two Boys'' (Nico Muhly) (d. Sher c. Robertson - The Metropolitan Opera, New York)
*Don Ottavio ''Don Giovanni'' (d. Brodie c. Davies - New Zealand Opera)
*Don Ottavio ''Don Giovanni'' (d. Brodie c. Davies - New Zealand Opera)
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*Steuermann ''Die Fliegeder Holländer'' (d. Fehr c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
*Steuermann ''Die Fliegeder Holländer'' (d. Fehr c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
*Tamino ''Der Zauberflöte'' (d. Allen c. Wycik - Scottish Opera)
*Tamino ''Der Zauberflöte'' (d. Allen c. Wycik - Scottish Opera)
*Steuermann ''Die Fliegeder Holländer'' (c. Andris Nelsons - CBSO, Birmingham)
*Novice ''Billy Budd'' (d. Alden c. Gardener - English National Opera)
*Novice ''Billy Budd'' (d. Alden c. Gardener - English National Opera)
*Thomas Mason ''Hohepa'' (Jenny McLeod) (d. Brodie c. Taddei - New Zealand Opera)
*Thomas Mason ''Hohepa'' (Jenny McLeod) (d. Brodie c. Taddei - New Zealand Opera)
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*Baron Lummer ''Intermezzo'' (d. Quetes c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
*Baron Lummer ''Intermezzo'' (d. Quetes c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
*Lampwick ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (d. Duncan c. Parry - Opera North)
*Lampwick ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (d. Duncan c. Parry - Opera North)
*Jacquino ''Fidelio'' (d. Fuchs c. Robertson - Opera Holland Park, London)
*Jacquino ''Fidelio'' (d. Fuchs c. Robertson - Opera Holland Park)
*''Mac''M
*Macheath The Beggar’s Opera (Britten) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
*Macheath The Beggar’s Opera (Britten) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
*Tom Rakewell ''The Rake’s Progress'' (d. Kerley c. Robertson - British Youth Opera)
*Tom Rakewell ''The Rake’s Progress'' (d. Kerley c. Robertson - British Youth Opera)
*Pyramus ''Pyramus and Thisbe'' (Lampe) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
*Pyramus Pyramus and Thisbe (Lampe) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
*Dr Blindt ''Die Fledermaus'' (c. Lovell - London Festival Opera)
*Dr Blindt ''Die Fledermaus'' (c. Lovell - London Festival Opera)
*The Guide ''The King goes forth to France'' (Sallinen) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Timms - Guildhall School)
*The Guide The King goes forth to France (Sallinen) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Timms - Guildhall School)
*Osmin ''La Rencontre Imprevue'' (Gluck) (d. Metcalf c. Kok - Guildhall School)
*''La Rencontre Imprevue'' (Gluck) Osmin (d. Metcalf c. Kok - Guildhall School)
*Kokhkaryov ''The Marriage'' (Martinu) (d. Talevi c. Timms - Guildhall School)
*''The Marriage'' Kokhkaryov (Martinu) (d. Talevi c. Timms - Guildhall School)
*Bill ''Flight'' (Jonathan Dove) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Cleobury - British Youth Opera)
*Bill ''Flight'' (Jonathan Dove) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Cleobury - British Youth Opera)
*Don Eusebio ''L’Occasione fa il Ladro'' (d. Talevi c. Greenwood - Guildhall School)
*Don Eusebio ''L’Occasione fa il Ladro'' (d. Talevi c. Greenwood - Guildhall School)
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*Belmonte in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' ([[English Touring Opera]])<ref>All roles listed here are from [http://www.samling.org.uk/index.php?page=scholar_roles&type=3&scholar=51 Spence's profile] on Samling.org.uk</ref>
*Belmonte in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' ([[English Touring Opera]])<ref>All roles listed here are from [http://www.samling.org.uk/index.php?page=scholar_roles&type=3&scholar=51 Spence's profile] on Samling.org.uk</ref>
*Shepherd and Various in ''[[King Arthur (opera)|King Arthur]]'' ([[Aldeburgh Festival]], Britten-Pears Young Artist)
*Shepherd and Various in ''[[King Arthur (opera)|King Arthur]]'' ([[Aldeburgh Festival]], Britten-Pears Young Artist)
*Pirelli in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' (d.Kim Begley c. Hipkin - Shawford Mill Theatre)
*Pirelli in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' (Shawford Mill Theatre)
*Tony in ''[[West Side Story]]'' (c. Redmond - Oxford Philharmonia)
*Tony in ''[[West Side Story]]'' (Oxford Philharmonia)
*Count Zedlau im ''[[Wiener Blut (operetta)|Wiener Blut]]'' (d. Norton-Hale c. Hancock - English Touring Opera)
*Count Zedlau im ''[[Wiener Blut (operetta)|Wiener Blut]]'' (English Touring Opera)
*3rd Gentleman in ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' (d. Nunn c. Rattle - [[Salzburg Festival]])
*3rd Gentleman in ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' ([[Salzburg Festival]])
*Ferrando in ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' (Westminster Opera)
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*The Soldier in Jonathan Dove’s ''I giardini della storia'' (Batignano Opera Festival, Italy)
*Scaramuccio in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' ([[Garsington Opera]])
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*The Soldier in Jonathan Dove’s ''I giardini della storia'' (Batignano Opera Festival)


==Away from music==
==Away from music==
Nicky Spence is a patron for [[Blackheath Halls]] and their Community Opera Company and [[Scottish Opera|Scottish Opera Young Company]]. Nicky is a Samling Institute Artist and recently joined their team as a leader with the Samling Academy. Nicky is a keen charity worker and is also an ambassador for [[Help Musicians UK]], president of Dumfries Musical Theatre Company and is often asked to comment on current affairs in the arts and by the [[Scottish Government]].
Nicky Spence is a patron for [[Blackheath Halls]] and their Community Opera Company and [[Scottish Opera|Scottish Opera Young Company]]. Nicky is a keen charity worker and is also an ambassador for [[Help Musicians UK]], president of Dumfries Musical Theatre Company and is often asked to comment on current affairs in the arts and by the [[Scottish Government]].


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:58, 1 February 2019

Nicky Spence (born 1983) is a Scottish tenor performing in opera, concert and recital.

Life and career

Spence was born in Dumfries in 1983. He was educated at Wallace Hall Academy in Thornhill where he had his first lessons with Margaret Davies aged 15 and attended Scottish Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre. Aged 16, he was accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and studied there as their youngest singer. After his first year, he won the Kathleen Ferrier Society Young Singers Bursary[1] and studied with Ian Kennedy, Rudolf Piernay and latterly professor John Llewelyn Evans.

In 2004, Spence received a record contract with Universal Classics on the Decca label and was billed as The Scottish Tenor. his debut album My First Love, was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] He was twice nominated for a Classical Brit Award in both 2005 and 2006. At this time, he sang regularly on TV and for Royalty and Heads of State across the world. On the stage, he performed with popular singers such as Domingo and Kiri te Kanawa and duetted with Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins, Hayley Westenra, Lesley Garrett and was the official support act with Shirley Bassey for her worldwide UK tour.[3]

Nicky Spence turned his back on his recording contract to pursue a legitimate opera career in 2006 and returned to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for their renowned Opera Course under the direction Clive Timms. Subsequently, he won a place at the National Opera Studio in 2009 where he won the Bruce Millar Gulliver Opera Prize and went on to the English National Opera to become one of their inaugural Harewood Artists in 2010.

Young Artistship

As a young artist, Spence was nominated by the International Opera Awards as Young Singer of the Year in 2015 and was also one of ten artists included in the Times Breakthrough Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards celebrating the best up and coming young British talent from across the Arts industry.

During his time as a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, Nicky created the role of Brian In the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys at ENO in 2011, a role he reprised for his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in 2013. Other roles at ENO have included The Novice Billy Budd directed by David Alden, David in Richard Jones’s award-winning Die Meistersingers Von Nürnberg, Steva Jenufa directed by David Alden, Alwa Lulu directed by artist William Kentridge, and Francesco Benvenuto Cellini directed by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam.

Roles (Full list)

  • The Messenger The Tale of Tsar Saltan (d. Tcherniakov c. Altinoglu - La Monnaie, Brussels)
  • The Tall Prisoner From the House of the Dead (d. Warlikovsky c. Wigglesworth - ROH / Lyon Opera / La Monnaie, Brussels)
  • Junger Seeman / Ein Hirt Tristan und Isode (d. Sellers c. Jordan - Opera de Paris / BBCSSO c. Runnicles)
  • Candide Candide (c. Lam - Xian Symphony Orchestra, China)
  • Lensky Eugene Onegin (c. Redmond - Cambridge Philharmonic)
  • Pirzel Die Soldaten (d. Bieto c. Heras-Casado - Teatro Real, Madrid)
  • Tichon Katya Kabanova (d. Nolan c. Dohnanyi - Seattle Opera / d. Fuchs c. Edwards - Opera Holland Park, London)
  • Steva Jenufa (d. Mitchell c. Lacey - Grange Park Opera / d. Alden c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera / d. Hermanis c. Morlot - La Monnaie, Brussels)
  • Andres Wozzeck (d. Marthaler c. Schonwandt - Opera de Paris)
  • Mime Das Rheingold (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
  • Alwa Lulu (d. Kentridge c. Wigglesworth - English National Opera)
  • Borivoj Dvorak Saint Ludmila (c. Elder - Hallé Orchestra)
  • Janek The Makropoulos Case (d. Jones c. Darlington - Frankfurt Oper)
  • Courtois Zaza (d. Waters c. Benini - Opera Rara, Barbican)
  • Junger Mann / Mann Moses und Aron (d. Castellucci c. Jordan - Opera de Paris)
  • Francesco Benvenuto Cellini (d. Gilliam c. Elder / Gardener - Nederlandse Opera / English National Opera)
  • David Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg (d. Jones c. Gardener - English National Opera)
  • Rodolphe Guillaume Tell (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
  • Mambre Mose in Egitto (d. Poutney c. Rizzi - Welsh National Opera)
  • Iago Otello (Rossini) (c. Barlow - Buxton Opera House)
  • Isacco La Gazza Ladra (d. Alden c. Nanasi / Sagripanti - Frankfurt Oper)
  • Brian Two Boys (Nico Muhly) (d. Sher c. Robertson - The Metropolitan Opera, New York)
  • Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (d. Brodie c. Davies - New Zealand Opera)
  • Chevalier de la Force Les Dialogues des Carmelites (d. Doyle c. Barlow - Grange Park Opera)
  • Steuermann Die Fliegeder Holländer (d. Fehr c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
  • Tamino Der Zauberflöte (d. Allen c. Wycik - Scottish Opera)
  • Novice Billy Budd (d. Alden c. Gardener - English National Opera)
  • Thomas Mason Hohepa (Jenny McLeod) (d. Brodie c. Taddei - New Zealand Opera)
  • Quint / Prologue The Turn of the Screw (d. Key c. Blunt - Arcola Theatre, London)
  • Brian Two Boys (Nico Muhly) (d. Sher c. Gamba - English National Opera)
  • Baron Lummer Intermezzo (d. Quetes c. Corti - Scottish Opera)
  • Lampwick The Adventures of Pinocchio (d. Duncan c. Parry - Opera North)
  • Jacquino Fidelio (d. Fuchs c. Robertson - Opera Holland Park)
  • MacM
  • Macheath The Beggar’s Opera (Britten) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
  • Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress (d. Kerley c. Robertson - British Youth Opera)
  • Pyramus Pyramus and Thisbe (Lampe) (d. Studer c. Lyness - West Green House)
  • Dr Blindt Die Fledermaus (c. Lovell - London Festival Opera)
  • The Guide The King goes forth to France (Sallinen) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Timms - Guildhall School)
  • La Rencontre Imprevue (Gluck) Osmin (d. Metcalf c. Kok - Guildhall School)
  • The Marriage Kokhkaryov (Martinu) (d. Talevi c. Timms - Guildhall School)
  • Bill Flight (Jonathan Dove) (d. Lloyd-Evans c. Cleobury - British Youth Opera)
  • Don Eusebio L’Occasione fa il Ladro (d. Talevi c. Greenwood - Guildhall School)
  • Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (English Touring Opera)[4]
  • Shepherd and Various in King Arthur (Aldeburgh Festival, Britten-Pears Young Artist)
  • Pirelli in Sweeney Todd (Shawford Mill Theatre)
  • Tony in West Side Story (Oxford Philharmonia)
  • Count Zedlau im Wiener Blut (English Touring Opera)
  • 3rd Gentleman in Peter Grimes (Salzburg Festival)
  • Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Westminster Opera)
  • Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos (Garsington Opera)
  • The Soldier in Jonathan Dove’s I giardini della storia (Batignano Opera Festival)

Away from music

Nicky Spence is a patron for Blackheath Halls and their Community Opera Company and Scottish Opera Young Company. Nicky is a keen charity worker and is also an ambassador for Help Musicians UK, president of Dumfries Musical Theatre Company and is often asked to comment on current affairs in the arts and by the Scottish Government.

References

  1. ^ http://www.kathleenferrier.org.uk/index.php/bursary?showall=1&limitstart=
  2. ^ Brown, Geoff (13 January 2007)/ "Nicky Spence", The Times,
  3. ^ Hugh Davies,"There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Pavarotti", Daily Telegraph, 7 June 2006.
  4. ^ All roles listed here are from Spence's profile on Samling.org.uk
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