Nicolas Rivenq is a French baritone born in London in 1958. He studied at the École d’Art Lyrique of the Paris Opéra and at Indiana University. In 1990 he won the Viotti International Music Competition at Vercelli in Italy, singing extracts from Le nozze di Figaro. He has appeared at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Glyndebourne, the Paris Opéra and in Italian houses.

Rivenq has been closely involved with the French Baroque revival, taking part in numerous productions with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants and singing Monteverdi, Rameau and Handel. He is also established in Mozart and Rossini, and his Don Alfonso in the 2006 Glyndebourne Così fan tutte was released on video. His discography includes a substantial body of Baroque recordings. He has worked with conductors including René Jacobs and Iván Fischer.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Rivenq