Omar Mancini

Biography

With his “distinctive” and “astonishing” voice (ResMusica), Italian tenor Omar Mancini is rapidly becoming an important young voice of his generation. The 2025-2026 season brings highly anticipated role and house debuts, beginning with Mancini’s first performances at Konzert und Theater St. Gallen as Tebaldo in Pınar Karabulut’s new production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi, conducted by Michael Balke. Mancini makes his house and role debut as Tamino in the new production of Julien Duval’s Die Zauberflöte at Opéra National de Bordeaux under the baton of Joseph Swensen and joins the Metropolitan Opera to cover Lawrence Brownlee as Lord Arturo Talbot in Bellini’s I Puritani

Recent career highlights include Mancini’s company and role debut at Semperoper Dresden as Wagner in the new production of Boito’s Mefistofele, staged by Eva-Maria Höckmayr and conducted by Andrea Battistoni. In spring 2025, he made his house and role debut as Elvino in La sonnambula at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, sharing the stage with Xabier Anduaga and Nadine Sierra. Mancini also made his Deutsche Oper Berlin debut as Il Conte di Libenskof in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, which he reprised in a 2025 revival.