The winner of BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year for 2022, Nicky Spence, is very famous for his charisma and vocal stature. Nicky has sung in opera houses and show halls all over the world, with frequent appearances at the Royal Opera House and English State Opera.
Admitting that he has a hatred for the ‘rum-ti-tum’ operas of Donizetti and the ‘ridiculous’ side of Verdi, Spence has specialized in hard, truthful roles, more often taking on repertoire by the Czech songwriters Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák. But let’s get to know if it’s true he has a partner, as rumored on social media.
Who is Nicky Spence?
Nicky Spence is a Scottish operatic tenor that we know both for his vocal and physical appearance (right down to his Size 12 feet), his velvety vocal timbre, his open-minded technique to repertoire, and his behavior and character – qualities that won the 38-year-old singer the BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year award for 2022.
Where Did He Study?
He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where, during his last year, he got his first big vacation, receiving a five-record agreement with Universal Classics.
Within the period of just a couple of years, he let go of his first album (My First Love), was selected for the ‘Young British Classical Presenter of the Year’ Classical Brit Award, and traveled with Katherine Jenkins and Shirley Bassey.
Spence has made it clear that he is more indebted to Tom Jones than to Pavarotti in discovering his voice. Yet, when the time came to record his number two album, Spence turned his back on the £1m deal, choosing rather to return to full-time study at the Guildhall to concentrate on opera.
Does Nicky Spence Have a Partner?
Nicky Spenser’s present partner is Dylan Perez, which he disclosed in an Instagram post on January 4. And, yes, he is a homosexual that dates people of the exact gender. And he is not nervous to conceal anything from his love life. Also, in the Instagram post, he might have hinted that he could wed his current partner in 2022, which he did.
Nicky Spence’s Journey to Music
Spence originally wanted to play the trumpet, and although he started playing briefly as a child, his family could not afford lessons. Fortunately, his singing talent was noticed by his school’s music teacher, and at the age of 14 he won the Dumfries and Galloway Young Musician of the Year Award and went on to perform with the Scottish Youth Theater. I was also able to perform at the National Youth Music Theater.
What’s Ahead Now?
Star Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and his fiancé, accompanist Dylan Perez, have a big day ahead of them. The two will marry on January 1, 2022. During a fun, rapid-fire round of word association using operatic themes, I threw out the word love. Spence responded with “wedding,” and Perez, “us.” It was a very human moment, honest and intimate.
During our time together on a Zoom call, every so often, one of the two would excuse themselves to take care of the potatoes on the stove. Dinner time was approaching in the UK. In keeping with the name of this series, I felt as if I was at home with them, having a pre-dinner chat before sitting down at the table.
But before we got onto the topic of love, we talked about the beginning of the pandemic and what it was like when the world came to a halt over 20 months ago. Spence was rehearsing a production of “Rusalka,” and Perez was working in the London conservatoires.
“When we knew they closed the theaters,” Spence said, “there was a kind of feeling of relaxation. We never stop, and so I saw it as a lovely sort of mini-break.”
Perez, after initially feeling freaked out, eventually found a groove. ‘I didn’t know what I was going to do inside for two weeks. Then it turned into months and months. After a while, I enjoyed it, but at the very beginning, I had no idea what was going on.’
The couple settled in, worked on wedding plans, watched Netflix, and welcomed a new addition to the family: a dog named Glen—a “vortex of need,” according to Spence.
