Biography
With his “distinctive” and “astonishing” voice (ResMusica), Italian tenor Omar Mancini is rapidly becoming an important young voice of his generation. In the 2026-2027 the tenor begins his tenure as an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin where he makes important role debuts as the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Furthermore, he returns to Konzert und Theater St. Gallen to perform his highly anticipated role debut as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Mancini also appears with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano for New Year’s concerts of Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in Milan under the baton of Case Scaglione.
Recent career highlights include Mancini’s company and role debut as Tamino in Julien Duval’s new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Opéra National de Bordeaux under the baton of Joseph Swensen. In spring 2025, he made his house and role debut as Elvino in La sonnambula at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, appearing alongside Xabier Anduaga and Nadine Sierra.
Full Biography
With his “distinctive” and “astonishing” voice (ResMusica), Italian tenor Omar Mancini is rapidly becoming an important young voice of his generation. In the 2026-2027 the tenor begins his tenure as an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin where he makes important role debuts as the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Furthermore, he returns to Konzert und Theater St. Gallen to perform his highly anticipated role debut as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Mancini also appears with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano for New Year’s concerts of Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in Milan under the baton of Case Scaglione.
Recent career highlights include Mancini’s company and role debut as Tamino in Julien Duval’s new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Opéra National de Bordeaux under the baton of Joseph Swensen. In spring 2025, he made his house and role debut as Elvino in La sonnambula at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, appearing alongside Xabier Anduaga and Nadine Sierra.
At the Deutsche Oper Berlin he made his debut as Il Conte di Libenskof in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims and reprised the role in 2025. Further milestones include his debut at the Konzert und Theater St. Gallen as Tebaldo in Pınar Karabulut’s new production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, conducted by Michael Balke. At the Semperoper Dresden he appeared as Wagner in Eva-Maria Höckmayr’s new production of Boito’s Mefistofele. He also joined the Metropolitan Opera to cover Lawrence Brownlee as Lord Arturo Talbot in Bellini’s I Puritani.
Additional highlights include appearances at Teatro Regio di Torino in Salieri’s La scuola de’ gelosi (Conte di Bandiera) and Berlioz’s Lélio ou le retour à la vie (Horatio/La Voix Imaginarie de Lèlio), his debut at Teatro Sociale di Como in Giovanni Sollima’s Acquaprofonda (the Guardian), as well as a concert performance at the festival della Valle d’Itria. A two-season participant in Bergamo’s Bottega Donizetti, where he performed in C’erano una volta due Bergamaschi and covered for tenor Javier Camarena in La favorite (Fernand) and in L’ajo nell’imbarazzo (Il marchese Enrico).
On the concert stage, Mancini debuted with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and sang as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Teatro Regio di Torino orchestra under Maestro Michele Spotti at the MITO SettembreMusica Festival. He also returned to Grand Théâtre de Genève to perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at Temple de Saint Gervais.
As a 2022-2024 member of the Grand Théâtre de Genève’s Jeune Ensemble, he sang the role of Abdallo in Nabucco alongside Saioa Hernandez as Abigaille and Nicola Alaimo as Nabucco, covered Roberto/Earl of Leicester in Maria Stuarda, and performed as Eurimaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Dritter Knappe in Wagner’s Parsifal. To great acclaim he performed the Italian Tenor in Christoph Waltz new production of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and later presented the roles of Arbace in Mozart’s Idomeneo and Frère Helie in Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise.
A graduate of the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Mancini studied clarinet with Luigi Magistrelli and opera performance with Davide Gualtieri under the guidance of Gianluca Valenti. He later pursued advanced studies in Vocal Chamber Music with Daniela Uccello, graduating with full marks and honors in 2021. A recipient of several notable distinctions early in his career, Mancini won First Prize at the Antonio Falconio Summer Edition Competition and received the Licitra Award for Best Singer Under 26 at the Salvatore Licitra Opera Competition in 2019. In 2020, he was selected as a finalist in AsLiCo’s Emerging Voices Competition. He made his professional debut as a soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle as part of the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death in 2018, shortly followed by his operatic debut as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at the Capri Opera Festival.
© CSAM, August 2026
