Georg Nigl continues to enthral audiences and the press alike with his passionate and authentic performances, be it his critically acclaimed Wozzeck at La Scala in Milan, Rihm’s Lenz in Brussels and Berlin, or his rendition of Bach Cantatas with Luca Pianca. His deep and comprehensive exploration of all the works he performs, his close affinity with spoken theatre and his emphasis on text and rhetoric, as well as his impressive on-stage acting skills, have made Georg Nigl one of the world’s most acclaimed baritones. He has performed at major venues including the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Berlin State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, as well as at the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence festivals, the Ruhrtriennale and the Vienna Festival. In the 2025/26 season, Georg Nigl starred in the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s »Monster’s Paradise« in Hamburg and reprised the role of the King-President at the Zurich Opera. At the Vienna State Opera, he will make his role debut as Alberich in Richard Wagner’s »Ring des Nibelungen«. In 2025, Georg Nigl was awarded the Austrian Music Theatre Prize for Best Leading Actor for his portrayal of Nekrotzar in Ligeti’s »Le Grand Macabre« at the Vienna State Opera.

Georg Nigl’s chamber music repertoire covers a broad range from baroque to the First Viennese School to contemporary music – developed and performed together with Alexander Melnikov, Gérard Wyss and Luca Pianca. His 2020 album »Vanitas« featuring Beethoven’s »An die ferne Geliebte«, selected songs by Franz Schubert and Wolfgang Rihm’s »Vermischter Traum« won the 2021 German Record Critics’ Award. The spring of 2023 saw the release of »Echo«, with songs and ballads by Schubert, Loewe, Schumann and Wolf, earning him further praise from the press.

His own series of »Kleine Nachtmusiken« at the Salzburg Festival has been well received since its inception in 2023. Building on the intimate format of the musical-literary song recital, Georg Nigl organised a literary and musical evening with Nicholas Ofczarek and Vladimir Jurowski at the Vienna State Opera in January 2025, featuring texts by Karl Kraus and music by Gustav Mahler and Hanns Eisler.