Soprano (lyric coloratura)
An American lyric coloratura soprano whose radiant tone and dazzling technical facility have established her as one of the most compelling interpreters of the bel canto repertoire on the world's leading stages.
Defining moments and milestones
Nadine Sierra's precocious talent was nurtured through America's most selective young artist programs, beginning with the Palm Beach Opera at age fourteen and culminating in her appointment as an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera in 2011. Her professional operatic debut at sixteen as the Sandman in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel preceded a meteoric rise marked by back-to-back victories in the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, establishing her as the lyric coloratura soprano of her generation. Since her Metropolitan Opera debut as Gilda, she has become a fixture at the world's greatest opera houses, commanding the bel canto repertoire with radiant tone, technical brilliance, and interpretive depth.
Youngest winner of both the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition (2007) and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2009); Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award (2017); Beverly Sills Artists Award from the Metropolitan Opera (2018)
Dreyfoos School of the Arts; Mannes College of Music (Bachelor's degree); Music Academy of the West
Recordings featuring Nadine Sierra in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.