Zoe Nicolaidou

Praised by the French press as “a honey-colored voice with a noble sound and moving presence”, the Cypriot soprano Zoe Nicolaidou studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna – Magister Artium, and subsequently completed the Paris Opera’s Young Artists Program (Atelier Lyrique). At her graduation, she received the award for the most promising young singer of the season, Le Prix Lyrique du cercle Carpeaux. She is also the First Prize winner of the Schlossoper Haldenstein International Singing Competition and the Kyrenia Opera Award.

Nicolaidou made her debut at the Opera National de Paris as Prima Sorella in Puccini’s Suor Angelica under the baton of Philippe Jordan, and she returned to perform in Fenelon’s Faust under Bernharndt Kontarsky, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro – alongside Erwin Schrott and Dorothea Röschmann – under the baton of Dan Ettinger, Gluck’s Orpheus und Eurydike under Thomas Hengelbrock, and the soprano solo in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.

She has appeared in renowned venues and festivals including Palais Garnier in Paris, Musikverein Wien, Kammeroper Wien, Lincoln Center in New York, Rudolfinum in Prague, Villa Medicis in Rome, Montpellier Opéra, Festival Echternach, Amphitheatre of Bastille, Chapelle Royale de Versailles, Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Casa da Musica in Portugal, Festival La Roque d’Antheron, Wratislavia Cantans Festival, Wiltz Festival, International Pharos Chamber Music Festival, Opéra de Toulon, Klangvokal Dortmund Festival.

Throughout her career, Nicolaidou has tackled such diverse operatic roles as both Susanna and Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Festival Oper Klosterneuburg and Montpellier Opéra), Mae Jones in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene (Amphitheatre Bastille), Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium, Amore and Valetto in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Schönbrunner Theater and Festival de Menton in France under Maestro J.C. Spinosi), Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Nicolaidou is equally comfortable in recital and concert and her concert repertoire covers oratorio and symphonic works such as Brahms’ Requiem (Festival La Roque d’Antheron), Mahler’s Symphony No.4 (Bilbao Concert Hall, Palacio Euskalduna Kuursaal, Vitoria Theatre, Pamplona Auditorio, Casa da Musica in Portugal and Thessaloniki State Orchestra), Bach’s B minor Mass (Real Filharmonia de Galicia under the baton of Antoni Ros-Marba), Von Williams’ Serenade to Music (Palais Garnier conducted by Philippe Jordan), Händel’s Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi’s Gloria (Palau de la Musica Cataluña Barcelona, Chapelle de la Trinité in Lyon, Angers Nantes Opera and Chapelle Royale de Versailles) amongst others.

Her most recent role debuts include Antonia in Les Contes d’ Hofmann in Austria (Oper Rund um), a jump in as Violetta in La Traviata (Opera La Baugé) in France and Nedda in I Pagliacci (Ehrbaarsaal) in Vienna.