Nadine Sierra

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she trained at The Mannes College of Music and with Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West,{{cite web|title=Alumni Roster|url=http://www.musicacademy.org/school/alumni/alumni-roster/voice|website=musicacademy.org|accessdate=19 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605021001/http://www.musicacademy.org/school/alumni/alumni-roster/voice|archivedate=5 June 2012|url-status=dead}} where she was the youngest person to win the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition.Stewart, Henry, [http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/the-next-ones-nadine-sierra-soprano/Content?oid=1254583 "The Next Ones: Nadine Sierra (soprano)"], The L Magazine, September 2, 2009.Smith, Steve, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/music/13sier.html?ref=music "The On Wings of Song Series Shows a Fledgling's Flights"], The New York Times, November 13, 2007. She became a Young Artist with the Palm Beach Opera when she was fourteen, and made her operatic debut there two years later as the Sandman in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.Schultz, Alexandra, [http://www.bocamag.com/Boca-Raton-Magazine/November-2008/Portrait-of-the-Artists/ "Portrait of the Artists: Meet three unique talents defining the face of the South Florida cultural scene"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224215847/http://www.bocamag.com/Boca-Raton-Magazine/November-2008/Portrait-of-the-Artists/ |date=2009-12-24 }}, Boca Raton Magazine. Accessed November 2008.

She appeared on the National Public Radio program From the Top when she was fifteen, performing "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi.NPR From the Top, [http://greenroom.fromthetop.org/2009/02/23/congratulations-met-opera-winner-nadine-sierra/ Green Room: Congratulations Met Council Auditions Winner Nadine Sierra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211123911/http://greenroom.fromthetop.org/2009/02/23/congratulations-met-opera-winner-nadine-sierra/ |date=2014-12-11 }}

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.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Sierra 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 201, 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, Sierra became a San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow,{{cite web|url=http://sfopera.com/Opera-Center/Adler-Fellows/Adler-Alumni.aspx |title=Adler Fellows Alumni|publisher= San Francisco Opera|accessdate=November 30, 2014}} and the following May appeared in the company's premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' opera Heart of a Soldier, with Thomas Hampson in the lead role. In January 2012, she appeared as Gilda in Florida Grand Opera's Rigoletto, and in 2013 at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, in the same role.

Sierra is featured in the book Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys, in which author Nick Romeo devoted one of the chapters ("Journeys") to her.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.

In January 2016, she performed at Venice New Year's Concert with Stefano Secco,{{cite web | url=http://www.quotidiano.net/concerto-capodanno-fenice-1.1612509| title=Concerto di Capodanno: alla Fenice si apre il 2016 in musica| author= Ansa| date=January 1, 2016 | publisher= quotidiano.net| accessdate=February 3, 2016 | language=Italian}} and at Milan's fabled La Scala as Gilda in Rigoletto with Leo Nucci.{{cite web | url=http://video.corriere.it/scala-sempreverde-leo-nucci-rigoletto-giovane-nadine-sierra-gilda-subissati-richieste-bis-pubblico/9750a2f8-ba3f-11e5-b643-f344dc24c117| title=Scala, Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) e la giovane Nadine Sierra (Gilda) subissati di richieste di bis dal pubblico | author= Eduardo Lamberti Castronuovo | date=January 13, 2016 | publisher= video.corriere.it| accessdate=January 14, 2016 | language=Italian}}{{cite web | url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Scala-pubblico-in-visibilio-per-la-prima-del-Rigoletto-Concesso-il-bis-chiesto-a-gran-voce-Raramente-alla-Scala-durante-un-opera-concesso-un-bis-7fc68763-3afa-4645-bb60-cdd918f5c2ac.html| title=Scala, pubblico in visibilio per la prima del Rigoletto. Concesso il bis chiesto a gran voce.| author= | date=January 14, 2016 | publisher= rainews.it| accessdate=January 14, 2016 | language=Italian}}

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.Tommasini, Anthony [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/arts/music/review-mozart-idomeneo-metropolitan-opera-james-levine.html "Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ Shows the Met Opera at Its Best"], The New York Times, March 7, 2017 In January 2019, she sang in the New Year's Concert at Venice's Teatro La Fenice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.teatrolafenice.it/site/index.php?pag=21&spettacolo=26269&lingua=eng|title=Events – New Year's Concert 2019|website=Teatro La Fenice|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101194039/http://www.teatrolafenice.it/site/index.php?pag=21&spettacolo=26269&lingua=eng|archive-date=2019-01-01|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, she was named Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award Winner, and performed to great critical acclaim at the December 10th Gala. Sierra performed in the Concert de Paris under the Eiffel Tower in July 2017. Her 2017/2018 highlights include Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at The Metropolitan Opera, solo recitals in Dallas and New York City, a tour with Andrea Bocelli, Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at the Staatsoper Berlin, and Norina in Don Pasquale at the Opéra National de Paris. In 2018, she was named the Beverly Sills Artist Award Winner in a ceremony held at the Metropolitan Opera.

She is a Universal Music Group artist with a solo album, There's a Place for Us, which was released August 24, 2018 on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2022, her Violetta in the Metropolitan Opera production of La Traviata was hailed as showing Sierra's "innate sense of style and line that recalls Italian sopranos of the past, with decadent rubatos that fall on just the right side of indulgence."{{Cite web |title=Nadine Sierra: the next great Violetta? |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-traviata-mayer-callegari-sierra-costello-salsi-metropolitan-opera-new-york-november-2022 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=bachtrack.com |language=en}}

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Sierra has been awarded the following awards and scholarships:

• National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, Florida – Vocal Silver Award 2006{{Cite news | title=Nadine Sierra honored by NFAA in New York City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/863511557/ |newspaper=Boca Raton News |date=May 12–13, 2006 |last=Sheffield |first=Skip |page=31E |volume=50 |issue=115 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, West Palm Beach, Florida – First Place Junior Division 2007{{Cite news |title=Soprano wins Met Opera's Beverly Sills Artist Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/426963425/ |newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News |date=April 30, 2018 |last=Sjostrom |first=Jan |pages=A1,A5 |volume=122 |issue=212 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• The Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition, Santa Barbara, California – First Place Award 2007
• National Society for Arts and Letters Vocal Competition, Bloomington, Indiana – Second Place Award 2008McCormick, Barbara (May 26, 2010). [https://archive.today/20120722115435/http://www.bocaratontribune.com/national-society-of-arts-and-letters-hosts-musical-fundraiser/ "National Society of Arts and letters hosts music fundraiser"]. Boca Raton Tribune
• The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, New York City – Grand Finalist Winner 2009{{Better source needed |date=October 2024}}
• Florida Grand Opera Competition, Miami, Florida – Junior Division First Place Award 2009Florida Grand Opera, Young Patronesses of the opera. [http://www.ypo-miami.org/VoiceCompetition/PreviousWinners/tabid/68/Default.aspx Previous winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224150804/http://www.ypo-miami.org/VoiceCompetition/PreviousWinners/tabid/68/Default.aspx |date=2009-12-24 }}
• Licia Albanese–Puccini International Competition, New York, NY – Third Place Award 2009Licia Albanese–Puccini International Vocal Competition. [http://www.liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org/pastwinners/2009.html 2009 winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112203900/http://www.liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org/pastwinners/2009.html |date=2011-11-12 }}; [http://www.liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org/pastwinners/2009_photo.html Photos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112204050/http://www.liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org/pastwinners/2009_photo.html |date=2011-11-12 }}
• Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition, New York City – First Place 2010Gerda Lissner Foundation. [http://gerdalissner.org/2010.html 2010 award winners]
• Richard Tucker Foundation, New York City – 2010 Sara Tucker Study Award WinnerRichard Tucker Foundation. [http://www.richardtucker.org/PreviousStudyGrants.html Sara Tucker Study Grants 1998–2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322144313/http://www.richardtucker.org/PreviousStudyGrants.html |date=2012-03-22 }}
• George London Foundation Competition, New York City First Place 2010George London Foundation (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010822/http://georgelondon.org/2010CompetitionWinnerCircle Winners Circle]
• Loren Zachary Foundation International Competition, Los Angeles, California – First Place 2010Wada, Karen (May 24, 2010). [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/05/soprano-nadine-sierra-wins-top-prize-in-zachary-national-vocal-competition.html "Soprano Nadine Sierra wins top prize in national vocal competition"]. Los Angeles Times (Arts)
• The Leonore Annenberg Award Fellowship in the Performing Arts, 2011
• Stella Maris International Music Competition 2011, Audience Prize
• The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin, 2013
• Neue Stimmen, Gütersloh, Germany – 1st Prize and People's Choice Award 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.neue-stimmen.de/en/history/2013/|title=Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition|publisher=Bertelsmann Stiftung|accessdate=12 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082630/http://www.neue-stimmen.de/en/history/2013/|archivedate=22 December 2015}}
• Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award Winner, 2017
• Beverly Sills Artists Award Winner, 2018

• Made for Opera, 2022, Deutsche Grammophon
• Rigoletto, 2017, Delos
• There's a Place for Us, 2018, Deutsche Grammophon

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