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Nicola Said
Primary Skill:
Soprano
Nationality:
Maltese
Country:
United Kingdom
Links:
Languages (fluent):
English
Agent:
Lawrence Kershaw atThe Music Partnership Ltd.
Call +44 (0)20 7840 9591
Opera
Oratorio/Concerts
Discography
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Lascia ch'io pianga - Rinaldo (Handel) with the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra
Ou va la jeune Indoue - Lakme (Delibes) Pianist: Christine Zerafa
BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation Scholarship Award (2015)
Malta Airport Foundation Brand Ambassador (2015)
Walter Hyde Memorial Scholar: The Walter Hyde Memorial Prize (2015)
Mozarteum Salzburg Summer Academy Scholarship - Austrian Embassy, Malta (2014)
Opera Course Scholarship: The London Syndicate (2014)
Samling Scholar (2013)
Malta Arts Scholarship - Ministry of Education Maltese Government (2012)
Competitions
English Song Competition First Prize (2014)
Strauss Competition - International Mozarteum Sommerakademie Salzburg (2014)
"Decked out in a sparkling headdress, Nicola Said looked perfect as Zerbinetta and she brought warmth - not just glitter - to all the notes that Strauss lavished on the role. Though she needed to impose firmer definition on both musical lines and the text, she contended astonishingly well with the pitter-pat of her male colleagues' feet as they shadowed her moves in her big cadenza. Fortunately - and contrary to Zerbinetta's claims - in no way did each step render her dumb." - Yehuda Shapiro, Opera Magazine (2015)
Maltese Soprano and Malta Airport Foundation Ambassador Nicola Said recently performed the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Festival Lyrique-En-Mer, covered the role of Nannetta Falstaff with The Grange Festival, and sang Madame Herz The Impresario at Teatru Manoel. In 2018, Nicola premiered the role of Maria in the first Maltese opera cycle Belt il- Bniedem - City of Humanity, produced by Maltese composer Reuben Pace as part of Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture, and reprised the role of Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor in a revival of Fulham Opera's production with Grimeborn at the Arcola Theatre. Nicola has sung the roles of Adele Die Fledermaus (Lyric Opera Studio Weimar), Adina Elixir of Love (New Sussex Opera), Blondchen Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Warsaw Chamber Opera), Zerlina Don Giovanni (Teatru Manoel), Queen of the Night The Magic Flute (Charles Court Opera), Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos (Opera Project at West Green House Opera), and Hlas Jenufa (Grange Park Opera). She studies with Yvonne Kenny and completed the Guildhall School Opera Course where she performed the title role in Ariane, Lucia The Rape of Lucretia and Rosaura Le Donne Curiose. Other performed roles include Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro, La Fée Cendrillon, and Olympia Les Contes d’Hoffman.
A Talent Unlimited Artist, Peace and Prosperity Trust Young Artist, a Drake Calleja Trust Scholar, Samling Scholar, and a BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation Scholar, Nicola has received support from the Walter Hyde Memorial Trust, London Syndicate, Malta Arts Scholarship, Ian Tomlin and Janatha Stubbs. She was nominated by Joseph Calleja, with whom she has performed in concert, to attend the Salzburg Mozarteum in summer 2014 where she won Second Prize in the Strauss Competition. Nicola won First Prize and Audience Prize for the Fulham Opera Robert Presley Memorial 2017.
Nicola has performed in Cadogan Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Barbican Hall, and at the Royal Opera House as Echo in Laurence Osborne’s opera Narkissus and the Reflektions. Nicola has recorded and premiered Paul Carroll’s works at Abbey Road Studios with the Commonwealth Orchestra and has given recitals for HRH The Earl of Wessex in a Duke of Edinburgh event and at St. James’s Palace. Other performances include Three Palaces Festival, Barrandov Opera, and the President’s New Year’s Concert with Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. Nicola will sing the role of Marzelline Fidelio in April in the Strada Stretta Concept/International Spring Festival 2020 and Madeline in the World Premier of Reuben Pace’s City of Humanity 2 - The Island Fortress in December 2020.
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