Vincent Niclo | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 6 January 1975 Paris, France |
| Genres | classical, Classical crossover, Popera (Operatic pop), French variety |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor, radio presenter bbc2 radio |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Website | vincentniclo |
Vincent Niclo (born in Paris on 6 January 1975) [1] [2] is a French pop opera tenor singer.
Vincent Niclo comes from a family of artists and was interested in theatre and took courses at the Cours Florent acting school particularly with Raymond Acquaviva. He also followed courses at Simon, trained at Actor Studio, and studied modern dance.
His first role in theatre was in Renaître à Bogota, a play by Marthe Vandenberg. He also acted in a number of television films and series like Sous le soleil, Extrême Limite, Nestor Burma and a role in cinema in Place Vendôme directed by Nicole Garcia.
After meeting Thierry Dran at the Paris Opera, he furthered his singing techniques and ended with a role in the musical Titanic in its French version where he played Jim Farrel, followed by other roles in musicals Tristan and Iseult playing Tristan, double roles as Romeo in Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour and as Rhett Butler in Autant en emporte le vent .
He also developed a solo singing career. Vincent Niclo toured in 2006 giving a series of concerts accompanied by a symphonic orchestra and 150 musicians and choir singers in Night of the Proms and released an album the same year Un nom sur mon visage with moderate success. .
Returning to classic music, he sang with Red Army Choir – MVD Ensemble, the official academic ensemble under the Ministry of the Interior. After Vincent Niclo asked Thierry Wolf, [3] the producer of the Ensemble, they went together in Moscow to meet MVD director General Eliseev. Thierry Wolf and Victor Eliseev invited him to join the tour project produced by FGL PRODUCTIONS, [4] for all Red Army Choir in the French leg of the tour in March 2012.
Vincent Niclo performed every night "Ameno" and "La Marseillaise", both of which appear in album Opéra Rouge released on 24 September 2012, that also include many pop-arrangements of classic arias like Giacomo Puccini's "Nessum Dorma", Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana", Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio", Lucio Dalla's "Caruso" and Luigi Denza's "Funiculi Funicula". The album was commercially successful, and spent 5 consecutive weeks in Top 5 of French Albums Chart and was certified Platinum on 5 November 2012.
On 10 November 2012, Vincent Niclo sang with the Red Army Choir – MVD Ensemble at the Kremlin in Moscow. The event was organized for Army Day and broadcast on Russian national television. [5] On 24 November 2012 on French TV, Red Army Choir MVD Ensemble and Vincent Niclo interpret "All By Myself" near Celine Dion, for big show to celebrate the release of her new album "No wait". [6] Niclo was invited to open the six concerts that she gave in Paris in November and December 2013. [7] During this period Vincent Niclo and Red Army Choir MVD Ensemble, realized several shows on French TV. As on 4 December 2012, they took part in Noël sous les étoiles French TV special presented by Daniela Lumbroso interpreting "Ameno". It was scheduled for broadcast on France 3 on 21 December 2012.[ citation needed ]
In March 2013, Vincent Niclo will engage in yet another tour with the Red Army Choir MVD Ensemble with 37 various dates. During the tour, they receive a Triple Platinum Award from hands of producer Thierry Wolf [8] at Zenith of Lille for 300,000 copies sold of Opéra Rouge. [9]
Collaboration between the Red Army Choir MVD Ensemble and Vincent Niclo carry on with the album O Fortuna produced by Thierry Wolf [10] which proposed Universal Manager to release it in Germany (out on 18 October 2013 in Germany) Deutsche Grammophon. [11]
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Vincent Niclo finished a tribute to tenor Luis Mariano. The new album titled Luis was released on 23 September 2013 in France.
This table shows the route of Vincent Niclo and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les Stars.
| Week | Dancing style | Music | Judge points | Total | Ranking | Result | |||
| Fauve Hautot | Jean-Marc Généreux | Marie-Claude Pietragalla | Chris Marques | ||||||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26/40 | 6/10 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Foxtrot | Nessun dorma – Luciano Pavarotti | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29/40 | 5=/10 | Safe |
| 1+2 | 55/80 | 5/10 | |||||||
| 3 | Tango | Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics | 7 + 7 | 7 + 6 | 7 + 8 | 7 + 6 | 55/80 | 4/9 | Safe |
| 4 | Cancelled due to November 2015 Paris attacks | ||||||||
| 5 | Jive | "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley | 8 + 7 | 8 + 5 | 8 + 7 | 8 + 6 | 57/80 | 6/8 | Safe |
| 6 | Quickstep Samba relay (+15 points) | Aladdin's song | 7 + 8 | 8 + 7 | 9 + 8 | 8 + 8 | 78/120 | 5/7 | Eliminated |
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | |||
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| FRA [12] | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) [13] | SWI [14] | |||
| 2006 | Un nom sur mon visage | 142 | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | Opéra rouge (Vincent Niclo & Les Chœurs de l'Armée Rouge) | 4 | — | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | Luis | 3 | 177 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | Ce que je suis | 11 | — | 11 | 36 | |
| 2016 | 5.Ø | 7 [15] | — | 5 | 31 | |
| 2018 | Tango | 13 | — | 10 | 45 | |
| 2019 | Tenor | 16 [16] | — | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | Esperanto (with Les Prêtres Orthodoxes) | 6 | — | 10 | 56 | |
| 2023 | Opéra celte | — | — | 5 | 73 | |
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
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| FRA [12] | |||
| 2015 | Vincent Niclo au Châtelet – Premier rendez-vous Live | 26 |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album |
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| FRA [12] | ||||
| 2003 | "Libres" (Laura Presgurvic & Vincent Niclo) | 87 | ||
| 2005 | "Si le temps" | 58 | ||
| 2006 | "À force de toi" | 74 | ||
| 2007 | "Toute la place" | 26 | ||
| 2012 | "Ameno" (Vincent Niclo & Les Chœurs de l'Armée Rouge) | 87 | ||
| 2013 | "Besame Mucho" | 182 | ||
| 2014 | "Jusqu'à l'ivresse" | 156 | ||
| 2015 | "Pour une fois" (with Anggun) | 167 | ||
| 2016 | "Je ne sais pas" | 82 [17] | ||
| 2018 | "Sogni" (with Sarah Brightman) |
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