Nadine Sierra

Nadine Sierra in October 2013

Nadine Sierra (born May 14, 1988) is an American soprano. On February 21, 2009, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Finals in New York.[1]

Biography

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she trained at The Mannes College of Music and Marilyn Horne's Music Academy of the West, where she was the youngest person ever to receive the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award.[2][3] She became a Young Artist with the Palm Beach Opera when she was 14 and made her operatic debut there two years later as the Sandman in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.[4] She also appeared on the National Public Radio program From the Top when she was 15 performing "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi.[5]

She was invited back to From the Top in 2010, a show taped in Burlington, Vermont, with commentary by Marilyn Horne. She appeared at the United States Supreme Court Building in May 2009 where she sang solo and with Thomas Hampson in the Justices Chambers. In 2009 she competed in Helsinki, Finland, in the Mirjam Helin International Competition where she was awarded second place. She had her debut concert in Helsinki, Finland in 2009. In October 2009 she performed in the Marilyn Horne Mediterranean Cruise to Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece. In March 2010 she performed at the Musashino Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

She appeared as the Princess with Gotham Chamber Opera's production of Xavier Montsalvatge's opera El gato con botas at the New Victory Theater. In January 2011 she returned to Palm Beach Opera's Orfeo ed Euridice in the title role. In May 2011 she appeared as Tytania in Boston Lyric Opera's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In January 2011 she became a San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow[6] and the following May appeared in the company's premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' opera Heart of a Soldier with Thomas Hampson in the main role. In January 2012 she appeared as Gilda in Florida Grand Opera's Rigoletto.

Sierra is featured in the book Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys where author Nick Romeo dedicated one of the chapters ("Journeys") to her.[7]

In January 2016 she performed at Venice New Year's Concert with Stefano Secco[8] and at La Scala of Milan as Gilda in Rigoletto with Leo Nucci.[9][10] In January 2017 she sang in the New Year's Concert at Palermo's Teatro Massimo, followed in March by six performances as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.[11]

Awards

Sierra has been awarded the following awards and scholarships:

References

  1. ↑ Metropolitan Opera, List of National Council Winners
  2. ↑ Stewart, Henry, "The Next Ones: Nadine Sierra (soprano)", The L Magazine, September 2, 2009
  3. ↑ Smith, Steve, "The On Wings of Song Series Shows a Fledgling's Flights", The New York Times, November 13, 2007
  4. ↑ Schultz, Alexandra, "Portrait of the Artists: Meet three unique talents defining the face of the South Florida cultural scene", Boca Raton Magazine, November 2008
  5. ↑ NPR From the Top, Green Room: Congratulations Met Council Auditions Winner Nadine Sierra
  6. ↑ "Adler Fellows Alumni". San Francisco Opera. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ Romeo, Nick (2011). Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys, pp. 51–68. From the Top, Inc. ISBN 0-615-51140-6. See also Romeo, Nick (December 2009). "A Young Soprano's Journey to Victory at the Met". Classical Singer Magazine
  8. ↑ Ansa (January 1, 2016). "Concerto di Capodanno: alla Fenice si apre il 2016 in musica" (in Italian). quotidiano.net. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Eduardo Lamberti Castronuovo (January 13, 2016). "Scala, Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) e la giovane Nadine Sierra (Gilda) subissati di richieste di bis dal pubblico" (in Italian). video.corriere.it. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Scala, pubblico in visibilio per la prima del Rigoletto. Concesso il bis chiesto a gran voce." (in Italian). rainews.it. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony "Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ Shows the Met Opera at Its Best", The New York Times, March 7, 2017
  12. ↑ McCormick, Barbara (May 26, 2010). "National Society of Arts and letters hosts music fundraiser". Boca Raton Tribune
  13. ↑ Florida Grand Opera, Young Patronesses of the opera. Previous winners
  14. ↑ Licia Albanese–Puccini International Vocal Competition. 2009 winners; Photos
  15. ↑ Gerda Lissner Foundation. 2010 award winners
  16. ↑ Richard Tucker Foundation. Sara Tucker Study Grants 1998–2010
  17. ↑ George London Foundation (2010). Winners Circle
  18. ↑ Wada, Karen (May 24, 2010). "Soprano Nadine Sierra wins top prize in national vocal competition". Los Angeles Times (Arts)
  19. ↑ Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, Germany. "NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition - Competition". Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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