This season, rising young soprano Nadine Sierra makes her debut at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples as Gilda in
Rigoletto and at the San Francisco Symphony in concerts with Michael Tilson Thomas. Currently an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, she recently appeared on its main stage in
The Magic Flute and
Heart of a Soldier. Other recent engagements have included her debuts at the Florida Grand Opera as Gilda in
Rigoletto, and the Boston Lyric Opera as Tytania in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the title role in
Orfeo ed Euridice at the Palm Beach Opera, and the critically acclaimed production of Montsalvatge’s
El gato con botas at the Gotham Chamber Opera.
A graduate of the Mannes College of Music , Ms. Sierra is an alumnus of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, where she appeared as Adina in
L’Elisir d’Amore. Ms. Sierra has also participated in the Palm Beach Opera’s Young Artists Program, the International Vocal Arts Institute, and The Music Academy of the West. Her roles have included Sandman in
Hansel und Gretel, Beth in
Little Women, and Despina in
Cosí fan tutte. In recital she has been presented in New York City by Carnegie Hall, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, and with Thomas Hampson at the Supreme Court in a program of American song. ...
read full bioThis season, rising young soprano Nadine Sierra makes her debut at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples as Gilda in Rigoletto and at the San Francisco Symphony in concerts with Michael Tilson Thomas. Currently an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, she recently appeared on its main stage in The Magic Flute and Heart of a Soldier. Other recent engagements have included her debuts at the Florida Grand Opera as Gilda in Rigoletto, and the Boston Lyric Opera as Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the title role in Orfeo ed Euridice at the Palm Beach Opera, and the critically acclaimed production of Montsalvatge’s El gato con botas at the Gotham Chamber Opera.
A graduate of the Mannes College of Music , Ms. Sierra is an alumnus of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, where she appeared as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore. Ms. Sierra has also participated in the Palm Beach Opera’s Young Artists Program, the International Vocal Arts Institute, and The Music Academy of the West. Her roles have included Sandman in Hansel und Gretel, Beth in Little Women, and Despina in Cosí fan tutte. In recital she has been presented in New York City by Carnegie Hall, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, and with Thomas Hampson at the Supreme Court in a program of American song.
Ms. Sierra’s many awards include winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2009), second place in the Mirjam Helin International Vocal Competition (2009), a winner of the George London Competition (2010), first place in the Gerda Lissner International Competition (2010), and first place in the Loren Zachary Competition (2010).
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