The young German-Italian baritone Vincenzo Neri was born in Hamburg. At the age of eight, he was already singing in the St. Nikolai Boys’ Choir in Hamburg. Even before his voice broke, Vincenzo took on his first solo roles as a boy soprano at the Allee Theater in Hamburg and at the Hamburg State Opera in Hans Werner Henze’s “We Come to the River,” conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, as well as the role of the Boy in “The Magic Flute” at the Theater Kiel.
At the Seefestspiele in Berlin, Vincenzo Neri, at twenty the youngest soloist in the production, appeared as Morales in Bizet’s “Carmen” in Volker Schlöndorff’s staging.
During the 2012–14 seasons, Vincenzo Neri was a member of the Hamburg State Opera’s opera studio, performing in some 50 productions per season, most recently to great acclaim as Belcore in “L’elisir d’amore” and Dominik in “Arabella.”
During the 2014–16 seasons, he was a Bertelmann Foundation fellow and a member of the International Opera Studio at the Berlin State Opera; guest engagements took him to the Halle Opera and the Vlaamse Opera.
In the summer of 2015, he made his debut as Ottokar in the festival production of “Der Freischütz” (directed by KS Brigitte Fassbaender, conducted by Georg Fritzsch) at the Jennersdorf Opera Festival in Austria.
In 2017, he performed the role of Conte Almaviva in “The Marriage of Figaro” as part of the International Opera Studio’s production at the Bregenz Festival – to great acclaim from both audiences and the press.
During the 2017–19 seasons, he was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, where he sang roles such as Albert in „Werther“ and the Father in „Hansel and Gretel“, as well as Marcello in „La Bohème“ and Danilo in „The Merry Widow“. In September/October 2018, he sang his first Heerrufer in „Lohengrin“ at the Vlaamse Opera in Ghent and Antwerp, followed in 2021 by Marcello in „La Bohème“ at the same venue.
Now working as a freelancer, he made his debut with the Reisopera Enschede in November 2019 (title role in „Eugene Onegin“). Immediately afterward came his debuts at the Cologne Opera, the Leipzig Opera, and the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
In September 2020, Vincenzo Neri joined the ensemble of the Bonn Opera. Unfortunately, the pandemic prevented him from making interesting role debuts there.
Returning to freelance work, he made his return to the Vlaamse Opera, performed a series of Papageno/“The Magic Flute“ at the Hamburg State Opera, and made his debut at the Dresden Semperoper as Marcello/“La Bohème“. In August 2022, he appeared in the production of „La Rondine“ at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.
He consistently developed from a lyric to a dramatic baritone – followed by roles such as Kurwenal at the Vlaamse Opera, Carlo in „Ernani“, „Macbeth“, and Amonasro in „Aida“ in St. Gallen. Starting with the 2026/27 season, he will join the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.