Nicholas Scott

Praised for his ‘sonorous timbre’ and ‘remarkable diction’ (Olyrix), British tenor Nicholas Scott enjoys a busy career with extensive experience in the field of early music.

Highlights of the current and recent seasons include his debut with Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä (B minor mass), concert series with Tafelmusik in Toronto and Lauda Musica, Spain, concert and tour debut with Il Pomo d’Oro (St John’s passion) as well as ongoing collaborations with ensembles such as Cappella Mediterranea, Les Ambassadeurs, Ensemble Marguerite Louise, I Gemelli and Ensemble Diderot. Nicholas took up the role of Claudio in the 2025 Bayreuth Baroque festival production of Pompeo Magno by Cavalli with repeats in Geneva, Paris and Vienna, Grimoaldo (Handel’s Rodelinda) at the Hokutopia festival in Japan in October 2025 and Le Sommeil in Lully’s Atys at the Opera de Versailles.

Last season’s highlights included two European tours singing Eumete in Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria with ensemble I Gemelli, Handel Messiah with Les Arts Florissants, concert series with both Le Banquet Céleste and Les Ambassadeurs, his solo debuts with Early Music Vancouver, Bach Montreal festival and Orquesta Ciudad de Grenada. In the summer 2024, he took up the role of Renaud in Lully’s Armide at the Drottningholm Theatre in Sweden, and Paulino in Handel’s Titus l’Empereur as part of the 2024 Handel Festival in Hallé with UK based Opera Settecento Company, both to great acclaim.

Past notable engagements include his performance of Le Sommeil in Lully Atys at Grand Théâtre de Genève under the baton of Leonardo García Alarcon, L’Allegro,, il Penseroso e il Moderato at Festival de Beaune with William Christie, his debut with Dunedin Consort at Wigmore Hall (Acis and Galatea), as well as his debut to Zurich Opera to perform the role of Parque in Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie. Nicholas has appeared at the Mozartfest Würzburg for his debut with Les Talents Lyriques as Arbace in Mozart Idomeneo, Don Carlos in a concert version of Les Indes Galantes with Filarmonica Toscanini, in a series of concerts and a recording of Rigel’s works with Arion Baroque in Canada, with Les Arts Florissants for a number of performances in such venues as the Barbican Centre, Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall and Festival de Lanaudière and with Cappella Mediterranea, singing Monteverdi L’Orfeo and La Jerusalem Délivrée by Philippe d’Orléans (a world premiere) with the latter. He also made his debut at the Berlin Philharmonie with Le Poème Harmonique, as well as Festival d’Aix-en-Provence after performing the same programme at Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), Opéra National du Rhin (Strasbourg) and Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) with Cappella Mediterranea.

Nicholas Scott has an extensive and prolific discography: Grands motets de Versailles à Venise (Les Ombres), Sacrifice (La Nuova Musica); Cavalli’s Egisto, Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Anamorfisi, and Lully’s Cadmus et Hermione (Le Poème Harmonique), Chandos Anthems by Handel with Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Les Maîtres du Motet among his recordings with Les Arts Florissants and the latest dedicated to Regel (Le Souffle de la Révolution) with the Montreal-based Arion Ensemble.