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| | Rivenq Nicolas | | baritono |   
| Born in London, Nicolas Rivenq began his vocal studies in Paris with Jacqueline Bonnordot, then at the Ecole d'Art Lyrique de l'Opéra de Paris with Michel Sénéchal. At the same time, he attended the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs and La Sorbonne. In 1984 he received a scholarship of the French Foreign Office to study at Indian University (USA) under the tutorship of Nicolas Rossi. In 1990 he was awarded of the G.-B. Viotti International Competition which was dedicated to Mozart. He made his stage debut in 1987. He appeared that year in a concert of the Bach' s Kaffeekantate and Bauernkantate conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, which was filmed by the director Bruno Monsaingeon. He was then immediately engaged by William Christie in Lully's Athvs, by Gardiner for the recording and performances in Pesaro of Le Comte Ory, followed by the appearance in Reggio Emilia in the Pizzi production of Hippolyte et Aricie. His first performances in the Mozart's repertoire and most particularly in the role of Il Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and in the title role of Don Giovanni, won great critical acclaim; Le Figaro writes: "Nicolas Rivenq is a marvellous Don Giovanni. He has the voice for the role, an indisputable presence." International Herald Tribune :"Nicolas Rivenq's lean a muscular baritone, like his physique, made a Don a splendidly virile one." |
| @Nicolas Rivenq has recently appeared in the Andrea Andermann's film of La traviata, conducted by Zubin Mehta, which was broadcast live from Paris. His 2001/2 season was marked by new productions of Pelléas et Mélisande in Antwerpen, The Elephant Man at the Opéra de Nice and in Prague, Robert Bruce at the Festival della Valle D?Itria, followed by Faust at the Teatro dell?Opera di Roma. The 2000/1 began at the Palais Garnier in the revival of Les Indes galantes. In November he performed in Milan and on tour to Tokyo in Cosi fan tutte. He then was back in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in L'Orfeo and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, in Brussels and Rouen in the rarely performed Cavalieri's Rappresentazione di anima e di corpo, and in Nice in L'Orfeo (in concert). |
| The 1999/2000 season started at the Opéra Garnier in a new production of Les Indes galantes conducted by William Christie, production which takes part in the celebrations of Les Arts Fiorissants' 20th Anniversary. From January to March 2000, he performed in a French tour of three new productions of Monteverdi's masterpieces: L'Orfeo, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'inconorazione di Poppea led by Jean-Claude Malgoire. |
| The 1998/9 season began at the Opéra de Nice in La Cenerentola; Opéra International wrote: "Nicolas Rivenq portrays a Dandini vocally irreproachable." He made his debut in Bologna in Donizetti's Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal (in the French original version) conducted by Daniele Gatti. From January to April 99, he was on tour in Italy in Così fan tutte in a Giorgio Strehler production. In May he recorded the world première of Elephant Man by Laurent Petit-Girard at the Opéra de Montecarlo. He ended the season back at the Opéra de Nice with the Lieder eines fahrenden Geselien conducted by Marcello Panni. During the summer, he recorded Massenet's Roma at the Martina Franca Festival. |
| Highlights of the 1997/8 season include performances in Berlin of Gassman's Opera Seria. He then made his debut in Turin in a new production of Candide, then in the role of Il Conte di Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro opposite Barbara Frittoli. Beginning of 1998, he is at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in the role of Guglielmo in the famous and last production directed by Giorgio Strehler, Così fan tutte. In the spring he returned at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Bach's Johannes-Passion. He ended the season at the Martina Franca Festival in Giordano's Il Re and Il fortunato inganno. He began the 1996/7 season at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro, followed by his debut in Palermo in Händel's Agrippina and Bernadette Manca di Nisso and also performed there in La fille du régiment. In the spring he is Geneva in Rinaldo opposite Jennifer Larmore. During the 1997 summer he made his debut in the role of Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Martina Franca Festival. His performances are praised by the critic: "Nicolas Rivenq performs an exemplary Henry Ashton. The nobility of his accents, the clarity of his diction and his musicality create undoubtedly a privileged moment in Donizetti's revival." In 1995/6, Nicolas Rivenq sang Le renard under the baton of Boulez and Les Indes galantes with Christie to celebrate the opening of the Théâtre de la Villette in Paris. He then performed at the Châtelet in Landi?s Il Sant'Alessio conducted by William Christie, at the Opéra de Nice Rota's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, under the baton of Jérome Kaltenbach, in Berlin in Gassman's Opera Seria conducted by René Jacobs. He then sang Così fan tutte in Metz and Les Danaiides by Salied in Verona, in a Pizzi production under the baton of Claudio Scimone. In May, he is back at la Scala in La fille du réqiment opposite Giuseppe Sabbatini and Mariella Devia. He ended the season in Martina Franca in Pacini's L'ultimo giorno di Pompei. |
| Since his debut in 1988, Nicolas Rivenq has developed a large repertory and he has performed regularly with William Christie and Jean-Claude Maigoire with the opera companies of Paris, Naples, Milan, Rome, Reggio Emilia, Versailles, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lille, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, San Francisco, at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Paris Opéra Comique and Théatre du Châtelet, in Montecarlo, in such pieces as Lully's Athvs, Anacreon, Les lndes galantes, Rameau's Platée and Hippolyte et Aricie, Charpentier's Médée, Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Zaide, Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Vivaldi's Montezuma. @ |
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