Appearances soon followed with the Boston Lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera Festival, Israeli Opera, and Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.
After graduating from New York’s Mannes College of Music, she entered the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera, where she made her company debut in 2011, creating the dual roles of Juliet and Barbara opposite Thomas Hampson in the world premiere production of Christopher Theofanidis’s »Heart of a Soldier«. Nadine Sierra made her professional debut as a teenager with the Palm Beach Opera in her native south Florida, and received her first national exposure at age 15, when she sang Puccini’s »O mio babbino caro« on NPR’s young artist showcase ✿rom the Top«. Highlights of the 2016 summer season included debuts with Lincoln Center’s »Mostly Mozart Festival« on its opening night program, titled »The Illuminated Heart«, and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. Shortly after, she performed at the Opéra Bastille as Pamina in ✽ie Zauberflöte« and Gilda in »Rigoletto«.įollowing a breakout Metropolitan Opera debut as Gilda in 2015, she sang Zerlina at the house in the fall of 2016, followed by both her role and Live in HD debuts as Ilia in Mozart’s »Idomeneo«, under the baton of James Levine.
In 2016-17, Nadine Sierra returned to the Paris Opera, where she debuted as Zerlina in Don Giovanni last year, and opened its season at the Palais Garnier as Flavia in a new production of Cavalli’s ✾liogabalo«. Having made a string of successful debuts last season with the Met, La Scala, Paris, and Berlin State Operas, the American soprano - recently named the winner of the 2017 Richard Tucker Music Award - is quickly on her way to becoming a fixture at many of the world’s top houses.
Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, Nadine Sierra is being hailed as one of the most promising new talents in opera today.
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