Nadine Sierra

Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, Nadine Sierra is hailed as one of the most promising young talents in opera today. Having made a string of successful debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, and Staatsoper Berlin, she has become a fixture at many of the top houses around the world. Sierra signed an exclusive contract to record for Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Gold in 2017. Her debut album, There’s a Place for Us, was released in 2018, followed by a second album, Made For Opera, in 2022. She was named the Richard Tucker Award Winner in 2017 and was awarded the 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award by the Metropolitan Opera.

For the 2025–26 season, Sierra will return to the Metropolitan Opera as Amina in La Sonnambula before embarking on a major Latin American recital tour. She will appear in recital alongside Xabier Anduaga in both Santo Domingo and Bilbao with the Orquesta Sinfonica e Navarra alongside Xabier Anduaga and perform at a festive gala in Carnegie Hall. She begins 2026 at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she will sing the title role of Luisa Miller in a new production. Other engagements include recitals at Salle Gaveau, Auditori di Girona, Stanford Live, LA Opera, Palau de les Arts Valencia, Festival de Pâques (Aix-en-Provence), Hungarian State Opera, and Chorégies d’Orange. Operatic performances continue with Rigoletto at Bayerische Staatsoper, Roméo et Juliette at Teatro Real Madrid, and La Traviata at Teatro alla Scala.

Sierra’s 2024–25 season featured her Wiener Staatsoper debut as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette as well as a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Gilda in Rigoletto. She appeared at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona multiple times, singing Violetta in La Traviata, Amina in La Sonnambula, and Maria in West Side Story under Gustavo Dudamel. She also returned to Teatro Real Madrid for La Traviata, portrayed Manon at Paris Opera, and performed Juliette at Teatro di San Carlo. She was also deeply honoured to perform at the 2025 Wiener Staatsoper Opernball and to sing “La Marseillaise” at the opening ceremony of the newly restored Nôtre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Other previous highlights included her Royal Opera House debut as Adina in L’elisir d’amore and a return in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor. She joined the Royal Opera on tour in Japan as Gilda in Rigoletto conducted by Antonio Pappano. At the Metropolitan Opera she starred as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, as Violetta in La Traviata at Paris Opera, and debuted the role of Luisa Miller at Teatro di San Carlo. She appeared in concerts and recitals with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Gustavo Dudamel, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Antonio Pappano. She gave recitals at Palm Beach Opera, Teatro Real, Carnegie Hall, Teatro di San Carlo, Festival Dortmund, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Kansas City (Harriman-Jewell Series). She also toured with Andrea Bocelli for his 30th anniversary concerts in Europe and North America, including performances at Madison Square Garden and the Kaseya Center in December 2024.

Other notable engagements from past seasons include the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro La Fenice, Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Flavia (Eliogabalo), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Norina (Don Pasquale) at Opéra National de Paris, Zerlina and Ilia (Idomeneo) at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as Juliette, Lucia, Musetta, Pamina, and Contessa at San Francisco Opera.

In 2016, she and Leo Nucci made headlines after her house debut in Rigoletto at Teatro alla Scala when, on opening night, they were prompted by the audience to encore the duet, breaking a La Scala tradition dating back to Toscanini. Among many of her concert appearances ranging from Carnegie Hall, Arena di Verona, Musikverein in Vienna, Tanglewood and Ravinia music festivals, Dallas Opera, Park Avenue Armory in NYC, the soprano also had the privilege and honor of performing twice at the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Justices.

Throughout Sierra’s young career, she has taken home several awards and is the youngest winner to date for both the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, as recounted by Nick Romeo in his book Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys (2011), a chapter of which is devoted to Sierra’s Grand Finals triumph. She also took home first prizes in 2010 at the George London Competition, Gerda Lissner International Competition, and Loren Zachary Competition, and was a recipient of a Richard Tucker Music Foundation Study Grant. In 2013, she placed first at the Neue Stimmen, Caballé, and Veronica Dunne International Singing Competitions, and won a Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grant.

Sierra fell in love with opera at a young age, after watching a VHS of La bohème, and began voice lessons at the age of six in her home state of Florida. Although she made her professional debut as a teenager with the Palm Beach Opera, she decided to continue studying, and received her bachelor’s degree from Mannes College the New School for Music. Following graduation, she went on to participate in the Adler Fellowship Program at the San Francisco Opera, forming a lasting relationship with the company.

She has been featured in Vogue, Nylon, Bon Appétit, Opera News, on the cover of Classical Singer magazine, and numerous international TV and print media. She maintains an active presence on social media, where she interacts with her followers by answering messages, comments, and questions on a daily basis.