Nadja Michael
Nadja Michael (* 1969 in Wurzen ) is a German opera , lied and oratorio singer ( mezzo-soprano and soprano since April 2005 ).
Life
Nadja Michael grew up in Gerichshain . After first at the children's and youth sports school in Leipzig competitive swimmer should be, she later moved to a special school for music , which Rudolf-Hildebrand-Schule Markkleeberg . During this time she lived in the school's boarding school.
In 1989 she left the GDR via Hungary and settled in Stuttgart . There she worked in boutiques and as a model to finance her singing studies. She studied singing at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington . She won competitions, e.g. B. the singing competition of the Federal Association of German Industry and was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation . She made her operatic debut in 1993 at the Ludwigsburg Festival as 3rd Lady in the Magic Flute . The singer's first major role was Amastris in Xerxes by Georg Friedrich Handel at the Wiesbaden Opera House in 1996. Carmen , Dulcinée , Olga and Warwara followed .
She has made international guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera , the Royal Opera House in London, the Milan Scala , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the New National Theater in Tokyo and Carnegie Hall as well at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Nadja Michael's repertoire mainly comprised the major roles of the French and Italian subjects, but also Kundry at the Frankfurt Opera and Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden .
Since switching from mezzo-soprano to soprano, she has sung roles such as Tosca , Lady Macbeth , Salome , Fidelio and Santuzza , and in spring 2007 Salome in Luc Bondy's production at La Scala in Milan. In 2011 she played the leading role in Médée , directed by Stéphane Metge, and Kurt Streit and Gaëlle Arquez in other roles . This version was broadcast on television. The artist also performs with songs and oratorios. Her repertoire includes works by Robert Schumann , Hugo Wolf , Gustav Mahler , and others.
In spring 2015 she sang the role of Judith in Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the Metropolitan Opera in Hungarian .
Awards
- 2005: Prix d'Amis as best singer of the 2004/2005 season (Amsterdam)
- 2005: Rose of the Week, award from Münchner tz for outstanding cultural achievements (Munich)
- 2008: Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize)
Discography
- Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 2 in C minor , Gilbert Kaplan (DGG)
- Giuseppe Verdi : Requiem , Gustav Kuhn (Arte Nova)
Web links
- Nadja Michael in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nadja Michael at Discogs (English)
- Johannes Salzwedel: The long breath . In: Der Spiegel . June 25, 2007.
- Homepage of the singer
Individual evidence
- ^ "Nadja Michael: From Gerichshain to the great opera stages of the world" by Kerstin Decker, Leipziger Volkszeitung , January 6, 2012
- ↑ "Young choirs are cultural ambassadors of Saxony" by Ulrike Witt, Leipziger Volkszeitung , May 21, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Michael, Nadja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera, lied and oratorio singer (mezzo-soprano and soprano since April 2005) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spice up |