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Nicky Spence was born on 1983 in Dumfries, United Kingdom, is a Scottish operatic tenor. Discover Nicky Spence's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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1983

Nicholas Eliot Spence (born 1983) is a Scottish operatic tenor who performs in opera, oratorio and recital in both the UK and internationally.

Spence was born and raised in Dumfries.

He was educated at Wallace Hall in Thornhill where he had his first lessons with Margaret Davies aged 15 and attended Scottish Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre.

2004

In 2004, during his final year at Guildhall, Spence received a five-record contract with Universal Classics on the Decca label who promoted him as "The Scottish Tenor".

2005

He was accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 2005.

After his first year, he won the Kathleen Ferrier Society Young Singers Bursary.

2007

His debut album My First Love, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, was released in 2007.

That same year he was nominated for the "Young British Classical Performer of the Year" Classical Brit Award.

During this time, he sang regularly on television and toured with Katherine Jenkins and Shirley Bassey.

However, when it came time to record his second album, Spence turned his back on the recording contract to pursue a legitimate opera career.

He returned to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study full-time in their Opera Studies course, studying there from 2007 to 2009 under John Llewelyn Evans.

2009

He then won a place at the National Opera Studio in 2009 where he won the Bruce Millar Gulliver Opera Prize.

The following year he joined the English National Opera as one of their inaugural Harewood Artists.

2011

As a Harewood Artist at ENO, Spence created the role of Brian in the world premiere of Nico Muhly's opera Two Boys in 2011.

Other roles at ENO have included The Novice in Billy Budd directed by David Alden, David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg directed by Richard Jones, Steva in Jenůfa directed by David Alden, Alwa in Lulu directed by William Kentridge, and Francesco in Benvenuto Cellini directed by Terry Gilliam.

2013

Spence's appearances in international opera houses include Brian in Two Boys (Metropolitan Opera, 2013); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (New Zealand Opera, 2013); Steva in Jenufa (La Monnaie, 2014); Isacco in La Gazza ladra (Oper Frankfurt, 2014); Tichon in Katya Kabanova (Seattle Opera, 2017); Captain Pirzel in Die Soldaten (Teatro Real, 2018); and The Big Prisoner in From the House of the Dead (Opéra de Lyon, 2019)

Spence was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to music.

Spence will step into the role of President of ISM in April 2024, following Pauline Black who is in charge since April 2023.

Spence is a patron for Blackheath Halls and their community opera company and of An Tobar and Mull Theatre, a multi art form creative hub on the Hebridean island of Mull.

He is also active in the charity Help Musicians UK and president of Dumfries Musical Theatre Company.

Spence's partner is pianist Dylan Perez and the two plan to marry in 2022.

Spence's recordings include:

2015

He was nominated for the International Opera Awards as Young Singer of the Year in 2015 and was also one of ten artists included in the Times Breakthrough Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.