Nicolas Brooymans quickly secured a hailed place on musical stages: the beauty and ease of his vocals from bass to treble, his intensity and an incredible stage presence have earned him increasingly more prestigious engagements.
Nicolas Brooymans’ passion for singing started at the young age of 12, when he joined the Paris Opera Children’s Choir under Francis Bardot, later joining the French Army Choir in 2012.
He also sings in several vocal ensembles such as the Aedes Ensemble and the Ensemble Correspondances.
His growing fame is reflected in myriad collaborations: with Pygmalion (Raphaël Pichon) for 17th and 18th century repertoires; the reconstruction of the Funeral of Louis XIV; Monteverdi’s Vespers at the Royal Chapel of Versailles, and the production of Cavalli’s Ercole Amante in France in November 2019, to name just a few. With Collegium 1704 (Vaclav Luks) in August 2018, he performed Boreas in Les Boréades, which he returned to in Vienna, Moscow, and Versailles in January 2020. He performed Plutone in Monteverdi’s Orfeo at Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse, in Geneva with Ensemble I Gemelli (Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro) and sang on the recording made for Naïve.
Nicolas is regularly engaged as a soloist to perform the great sacred works, such as Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in C minor, Bach’s Passions, Handel’s Messiah, and The Seven Last Words of Christ, but has also featured in more lyrical repertoires, such as Berlioz’s Summer Nights.
In the operatic repertoire, his roles have included Sarastro in The Magic Flute, and the Commander in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, showcasing his flawless, natural, and noble voice.
The current season contains exciting projects: The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera of Versailles; Rossini’s La Cenerentola at several French opera houses; Carmen by Bizet at Toulon Opera; and The Coronation of Poppea at distinct opera houses in France.
