«Soprano Angela Nisi sings with a lyric sweetness accompanied by a darkish, soulful timbre» – Opera Wire

Winner of several international competitions, including the F. Provenzale Baroque Singing Competition (Naples, 2006) and the Ottavio Ziino Competition (Rome, 2012), Italian soprano Angela Nisi began her career in 2010 and has since devoted herself with equal passion to operatic, symphonic, and chamber repertoire.

Driven by deep curiosity and a passion for research, she strives to use her body and voice as conscious instruments of communication. She firmly believes that the stage is an ideal place where people can meet, recognize themselves, and be transformed.

After completing her vocal studies at the Nino Rota Conservatory in Monopoli, she continued her training with Manuela Custer and Cristina Melis. She earned a Master’s degree in solo repertoire with orchestra at the Conservatory of Monopoli and attended the Acting Academy of the Teatro Stabile in Turin, under the direction of Davide Livermore, as well as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, studying with Renata Scotto.

She has collaborated with prestigious opera houses and international concert institutions, including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Oper Köln, Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Aalto-Theater Essen, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio di Torino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Manaus Opera House in Brazil, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Fondazione Toscanini in Parma, Festival della Valle d’Itria, and Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo.

Among her most notable performances are Manon in Manon Lescaut at Oper Köln (2025) under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada; Mimì in La bohème at Oper Köln (2023/2025) and at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest (2021); Elle in Poulenc’s La voix humaine at Reate Festival (2024); Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at Ente De Carolis in Sassari (2024); Liù in Turandot and Verdi’s Requiem at Teatro Verdi in Trieste (2023); Alice Ford in Falstaff at Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari (2020); Violetta in La traviata, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, and Nedda in Pagliacci at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (2019/2021); Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle with Antonio Pappano at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2013–14); Beethoven’s Egmont with Toni Servillo at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (2017); Liù in Turandot and the Princess in Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (2017); La bohème at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2017); Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle with Fondazione Toscanini in Parma and Rossini’s Stabat Mater with ORT in Florence (2018); Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder at the Hanoi Opera House (2019); Violetta in La traviata at Aalto-Theater Essen (2015) and Opéra de Toulon (2016); Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream on tour with AsLiCo (2016); and the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s Le braci as Kristina at the Festival della Valle d’Itria and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2015).

She has worked with internationally renowned conductors such as Daniel Oren, Antonio Pappano, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Donato Renzetti, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Renato Palumbo, Daniele Callegari, and Francesco Lanzillotta, and with stage directors including Henning Brockhaus, Davide Livermore, Francesco Micheli, Leo Muscato, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Stefano Poda, and Carlos Wagner.

Angela Nisi has recorded several audio and video productions for Naxos, Tactus, and Dynamic, often featuring previously unpublished works (Le braci by Tutino, Che originali! by Mayr, Liber Mundi by Carrara, Pagine inedite by Leoncavallo, and La grotta di Trofonio by Paisiello).

She is also deeply committed to chamber music, performing regularly as a duo with pianist Enrica Ruggiero, with a focus on Italian, French, and German repertoire from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 2025, Brilliant Classics released their first recording project, entirely dedicated to the previously unpublished vocal chamber music of Ennio Porrino.

Alongside her artistic career, Angela Nisi is actively engaged in musicological research, which led her to obtain a degree in Musicology from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

She approaches the study of languages with enthusiasm, which enables her to perform in Italian, English, French, and German.

Highly active on social media, she shares her passion for music, theatre, yoga, and vocal pedagogy, firmly convinced of the power of music and theatre to connect and uplift people.