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Nadja Michael (born 1969) is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles. Her mother's great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack.

Nadja Michael
Michael at StyleNite July 2010
Born	1969 Wurzen, East Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Jacobs School of Music
Occupation	Opera singer

Early life and education

She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East Germany. Growing up, she enjoyed singing German folksongs with her family while her mother played the piano. Her grandmother and father both served time in prison for political reasons. Eventually, she escaped to West Germany where she studied music in Stuttgart. Later, she attended the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University) in the United States.[1]

Opera career

She began her career as a mezzo-soprano but became a soprano in April 2005.[2] Michael has appeared at La Scala (Salome, 2007), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Salome, 2008),[3] Vienna State Opera (Fidelio), Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Munich (Macbeth and Medea in Corinto), Brussels (Médée, 2008), Chicago (Macbeth, 2010), Berlin (Wozzeck, under Daniel Barenboim, 2011), and San Francisco Opera (Salome, 2009 and The Makropulos Case, 2016).[1]

In 2012, Michael made her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Lady Macbeth, opposite Thomas Hampson and Dimitri Pittas.[4] In 2015 she returned to the company as Judith in Bluebeard's Castle of Béla Bartók.

Personal life

She resides in Berlin and founded a charity, Stimme fur die Menschlichkeit (Voice for Humanity).[1]

Videography

• Bizet: Carmen (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Amsellem, Larin, G. Baker; Oren, Corsicato, 2001) [live] Planeta de Agostini
• Verdi: Don Carlos [as Princesse Eboli] (Vienna State Opera, Vienna; Tamar, Vargas, Skovhus, Miles; de Billy, Konwitschny, 2003) [live] TDK
• Puccini: Tosca (Bregenzer Festspiele; Todorovich, Saks; Schirmer, Breisach, 2007) [live] Naxos
• Strauss: Salome (La Scala; Vermillion, Bronder, Struckmann; Harding, Bondy, 2007) [live] TDK
• Strauss: Salome (Royal Opera House; T.Moser, Volle; P.Jordan, McVicar, 2008) [live] Opus Arte
• Mayr: Medea in Corinto (Bavarian State Opera; Vargas, Miles; Bolton, Neuenfels, 2010) [live] Arthaus
• Cherubini: Médée (La Monnaie, Brussels; van Kerckhove, Stotijn, Streit, Le Texier; Rousset, Warlikowski, 2011) Bel Air Classiques

References

External links

External images
As Salome, Royal Opera House, 2008
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics opening night concert

• Media related to Nadja Michael at Wikimedia Commons
• Excerpts from Wozzeck, 2011 on YouTube, Berlin State Opera in the Schiller Theater
• Official website
• Nadja Michael at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Nadja Michael

Nadja Michael (* 1969 in Wurzen) ist eine deutsche Opern-, Lied- und Oratoriensängerin (Mezzosopran und seit April 2005 Sopran).

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- [en] Nadja Michael

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[ru] Михаэль, Надя

На́дя Михаэ́ль (нем. Nadja Michael, род. 3 января 1969, Вурцен, ГДР) — немецкая оперная певица, исполняет главные оперные партии для сопрано в ведущих оперных театрах мира, таких как театр Ла Скала (Милан, Италия), Королевская опера Ковент-Гарден (Лондон, Великобритания), Метрополитен-опера (Нью-Йорк, США), Большой театр (Москва, Россия), Мариинский театр (Санкт-Петербург, Россия) и других.

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