Nicholas Dinopoulos

Praised for his “astonishing form in both voice and character” [Australian Arts Review] and “warm authoritative bass” [classikON], Nicholas Dinopoulos studied singing at The University of Melbourne under Merlyn Quaife AM. One of Australia’s most versatile musicians, Nick maintains a busy schedule of various concert, recital and operatic engagements as a bass-baritone and is additionally active as a recorder player, conductor, and educator. He currently serves on staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and is artistic director of the Australian Boys Choir and the Giovanni Consort (Perth).

Opera credits include Caronte / Plutone (L'Orfeo), Ercole (Il Giasone), Un Scythe / Le Ministre du Sanctuaire (Iphigénie en Tauride), Bartolo / Antonio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Martino (L’Occasione fa il Ladro), L'Apparizione / Il Medico (Macbeth), Mars (Orphée aux Enfers), The Goldsmith (The Juniper Tree) and Cimarosa's Maestro di Cappella.

Nick appears on both the Chandos and Pinchgut Live labels and has been heard frequently in live-to-air broadcasts on ABC Classic, 3MBS FM and Australian Digital Concert Hall. He has also given the world premiere performances of several significant new works from among the rising generation of Australian composers.

Engagements as a guest soloist have included the Bach Coffee Cantata and Grainger Tribute to Foster for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, El Cantor (María de Buenos Aires) for Victorian Opera, Polyphemus (Acis & Galatea) for Genesis Baroque, Christus in both the St. John & St. Matthew Passion with the Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, Keeper of the Madhouse (The Rake’s Progress) for Auckland Philharmonia, Messiah with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, the Rossini Stabat Mater and Haydn Paukenmesse with the Monash Academy Orchestra, numerous performances of Winterreise with pianist Andrea Katz, the Schubert Schwanengesang for Art Song Canberra, Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri for the Melbourne Festival, Michael Haydn Requiem with the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Verdi Requiem for Camberwell Chorale, four successive invitations to the Peninsula Summer Musical Festival, return appearances with Bach Musica NZ, Adelaide Cantata Band and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic plus recitals with Songmakers Australia at the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Melbourne Recital Centre and for Musica Viva Australia.

www.nickdinopoulos.com

Bio updated July 2026