Nicola Ulivieri

Nicola Ulivieri is a steady presence of the international Opera scene. Gifted by a special beautiful voice and besides a fine technique he’s an exquisite bel canto performer, also thanks to his great stage presence.

Participant of the main international seasons, he performed at Teatro alla Scala in many occasions, and also at Teatro Regio in Turin, Gran Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Opera di Roma, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and many others.
Abroad he’s been guest of Metropolitan opera house in New York, Salzburger Festspiele, Aix en Provence Festival, Theater an der Wien, Washington Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, Liceu in Barcelona, Edinburgh International Festival, La Monnaie in Bruxelles, Opera de Lyon, Welsh National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Strasbourg Musica Festival, Palau de las Artes in Valencia, Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbona, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Dresden Music Festival, Wiener Konzerthaus. He also performed in concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio France.

He has been under the baton of important conductors, such as  Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, András Schiff, Michele Mariotti, Daniel Harding, Jesùs Lopez Cobos, Gianandrea Noseda, Jordi Savall, Fabio Luisi, Lu Jia,  Daniel Oren, Marcello Viotti, Alain Lombard, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Roberto Abbado, Carlo Rizzi, Gianluigi Gelmetti, James Conlon.
He also won the prestigious award Premio Abbiati from the Italian critics for his interpretations of Mozart.

His recent engagements include: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio) at La Scala; I Puritani (Sir Giorgio) at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Norma (Oroveso) at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Turandot (Timur) at the Opernhaus Zürich; The Barber of Seville (Don Basilio) at the Royal Opera House in Muscat and at the Teatro Sociale in Trento (Haydn Foundation); Beethoven's Mass in C major at the National Concert Hall in Dublin; Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Milan Symphony Orchestra and in Newcastle upon Tyne; Mozart's Requiem in staged form at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; L'elisir d'amore (Dulcamara) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; the diptych Gianni Schicchi (Simone) / L'heure espagnole (Don Iñigo Gomez) at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Maria Stuarda (Giorgio Talbot) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Anna Bolena (Henry VIII) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the Ópera de Oviedo; Nabucco (Zaccaria) at the Fondazione Teatro delle Muse in Ancona and at the Oper im Steinbruch in Sankt Margarethen; Le Comte Ory (Le Gouverneur) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris; Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Nonancourt) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno.

Of particular note is his recent debut in the title role of Massenet's Don Quichotte with Opera Lombardia (2025–2026), which was met with great success by audiences and critics alike.

Coming soon, to conclude 2026: I Puritani at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Capuleti e Montecchi at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and Manon Lescaut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.