NEIL SCHICOFF.

Neil Shicoff was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and with his father, the celebrated cantor Sidney Shicoff. He made his professional debut as the title hero in Verdi’s Ernani conducted by James Levine in CINCINNATI in 1975. As early as 1976, he made his debut at the METROPOLITAN OPERA as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi conducted by James Levine.


Awards and Honors

•Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
•Austrian Ehrenkreuz fuer Wissenschaft und Kunst 1 Klasse
•Goldene Ehrenzeichen fuer Verdienste um das Land Wien
•Kammersaenger and Ehrenmitglied of the Vienna State Opera
•Russia’s 2011 Golden Mask Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera for LA JUIVE
Internationally recognized as the pre-eminent American tenor of his generation, Neil Shicoff has appeared at all of the world’s most important opera houses including the METROPOLITAN OPERA, VIENNA STATE OPERA, LA SCALA, PARIS OPERA, ROYAL OPERA COVENT GARDEN, BERLIN’S DEUTSCHE OPER, BAVARIAN STATE OPERA, LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, HAMBURG STATE OPERA, GRAND THEATRE DE GENEVA, ARENA DI VERONA, NETHERLANDS OPERA, OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH, WELSH NATIONAL OPERA, SCOTTISH OPERA, SANTA FE OPERA, BARCELONA’S LICEU, and BUENOS AIRES TEATRO COLON. In addition to his operatic successes, he has sung with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado, the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. He has also collaborated with celebrated conductors such as Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, James Levine, Charles Dutoit, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir Charles Mackerras, Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Antonio Pappano, Carlo Rizzi, Donald Runnicles, Sylvain Cambreling, Neeme Järvi, and Riccardo Chailly. Known for his intensely passionate portrayals, Neil Shicoff has appeared in notable productions by Franco Zeffirelli, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Elijah Moshinsky, Götz Friedrich, Robert Carsen, Andrei Serban, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Werner Schröter, Lina Wertmüller, and Harold Prince among others.
REPERTORIO.
Composer Opera Part Specials
G. Bizet Carmen Don José TV, CD
B. Britten Peter Grimes Peter Grimes TV
F. Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur Maurizio
M. De Falla La Vida Breve Paco
G. Donizetti L´Elisir d´Amore Nemorino
G. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Edgardo TV, VIDEO, CD
G. Donizetti Poliuto Poliuto*
U. Giordano Andrea Chenier Andrea Chenier*
Ch. Gounod Faust Faust
Ch. Gounod Romeo et Juliette Romeo TV
J. Halevy La Juive Eléazar
W. A. Mozart Don Giovanni Don Ottavio
J. Massenet Manon Des Grieux
J. Massenet Werther Werther TV
G. Meyerbeer Les Huguenots Raoul*
J. Offenbach Les Contes d´Hoffmann Hoffmann TV, CD
G. Puccini La Boheme Rodolfo TV, VIDEO, CD
G. Puccini Gianni Schicchi Rinuccio
G. Puccini Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
G. Puccini Il Tabarro Luigi CD
G. Puccini Tosca Cavaradossi TV
J. Strauss Die Fledermaus Alfred
R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Sänger
R. Strauss Salome Narraboth CD
P. Tschaikowsky Eugen Onegin Lenski TV, VIDEO, CD
G. Verdi Aroldo Aroldo CD
G. Verdi Attila Foresto CD
G. Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera Riccardo
G. Verdi Don Carlo Don Carlo TV
G. Verdi Ernani Ernani TV
G. Verdi Luisa Miller Rodolfo
G. Verdi Macbeth Macduff Film, CD
G. Verdi Messa da Requiem Tenore
G. Verdi Rigoletto Duca CD
G. Verdi La Traviata Alfredo Video, CD
G. Verdi Il Trovatore Manrico