Žiga Čopi

“A note of merit goes to Žiga Čopi..., a Slovenian tenor to be kept in mind.”

“He possesses an agile voice with a sweet, attractive timbre, which he used with sensitivity to fashion delicate and complex lines, which he topped with a secure and bright, light coloratura.”

Opera Wire

"Čopi, ...above all as a soloist in the cantata, illustrates a singular amphibious nature between tenor and haute-contre"

L' Ape musicale

Biography

Slovenian tenor Žiga Čopi is gaining recognition for the elegance of his timbre and the expressive clarity of his artistry across the baroque and classical repertoire.Recent highlights include appearances at the Ravenna Festival as Oronte in Händel’s Alcina and as the tenor soloist in Händel’s Messiah under Ottavio Dantone with Accademia Bizantina. He made his debut at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music in the staged concert project Scarlatti! with Dantone and recorded Alessandro Scarlatti’s Humanità e Lucifero with Academia Montis Regalis and Chiara Cattani for the July 2025 issue of Amadeus Magazine. During the same season, he toured Italy in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with Accademia Hermans and Fabio Ciofini and appeared in Mozart concert repertoire with Kymi Sinfonietta under Topi Lehtipuu.In November 2025, Žiga joined the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in Milan, performing Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni under Maestro Muti’s guidance at Fondazione Prada.His operatic credits include Eurimaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, the First Sailor and Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, San Giovanni in Händel’s La Resurrezione, and the Evangelist in staged performances of J. S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion at Theater Aachen. In 2026, he returns to the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music for P. A. Cesti’s Il pomo d’oro.A distinguished competition laureate, Žiga was named Absolute Winner with 100 points at Slovenia’s national music competition TEMSIG in 2025. He is also the recipient of the Škerjanec Prize awarded by the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet.Žiga studies with Edita Garčević Koželj and is a Talent Pathway Artist at Firenze Mascarade Opera for the 2025/26 season.He has worked closely with artists including Ottavio Dantone, Cristina Muti, Topi Lehtipuu, Delphine Galou, James Platt and Izabela Kłosińska, and remains active within the ENOA network and the Operosa Opera Festival.