Name Nadine Sierra | ||
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Education Mannes College The New School for Music | ||
Semi final 2013 nadine sierra sings caro nome rigoletto verdi
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.
Contents
- Semi final 2013 nadine sierra sings caro nome rigoletto verdi
- Caro nome Nadine Sierra performs Gilda in Verdis Rigoletto in the Maschpark Hannover 2017
- Biography
- Awards
- References
"Caro nome": Nadine Sierra performs Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto in the Maschpark, Hannover, 2017
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. 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. She also appeared on the National Public Radio program From the Top when she was 15 performing "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi.
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 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.
In January 2016 she performed at Venice New Year's Concert with Stefano Secco and at La Scala of Milan as Gilda in Rigoletto with Leo Nucci. 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.
Awards
Sierra has been awarded the following awards and scholarships: