Nadine Sierra in Recital

From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, soprano Nadine Sierra is being hailed as one of the most promising young talents in opera today. She was named the Richard Tucker Award winner in 2017 and was awarded the 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award by the Metropolitan Opera. Having made a string of successful debuts at the Met, Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, and Staatsoper Berlin, she has become a fixture at many of the top houses around the world. In 2018, Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music labels released her debut album, There’s a Place for Us, followed by a second album, Made for Opera, in 2022.

The 2024/25 season started with her Vienna State Opera debut as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette followed by returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Gilda in Rigoletto   and to Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in three roles: Violetta in La Traviata, Amina in La Sonnambula and Maria in West Side Story. Additional highlights include appearances with Madrid's Teatro Real as Violetta, the Paris Opera as Manon and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Juliette.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season included her Royal Opera House debut as Adina in L'elisir d'amore, and then returning later in the year singing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, as well as joining the Royal Opera on a tour of Japan singing Gilda in Rigoletto, conducted by Antonio Pappano. She also starred as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Met, 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 with Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Antonio Pappano.She also performed in recital at Palm Beach Opera, Teatro Real, Canergie Hall, Teatro di San Carlo, Festival Dortmund, Grand Théâtre de Genève and in Kansas City (Harriman-Jewell Series). She has also joined Andrea Bocelli in his 30th anniversary tour across Europe and North America, including a performance at Madison Square Garden in December 2024.

Canadian pianist and vocal coach Bryan Wagorn regularly performs throughout North America, Europe, and Asia as soloist, chamber musician, and recital accompanist to the world's leading singers and instrumentalists.

Bryan has appeared on major television and radio stations including Good Morning America, WQXR and CBC Radio, and has performed in recital for the George London Foundation, the Marilyn Horne Foundation and Richard Tucker Foundation.

A participant at the Marlboro Music Festival, and music staff at the Glyndebourne Festival, Mr. Wagorn has also been engaged as staff coach at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, and served on the faculty of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute and Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra. He has been a guest coach at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Program and at the Glyndebourne Festival’s Jerwood Young Artist Program. He made his solo recital debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2009, and has performed two extensive tours with Jeunesses Musicales de Canada, and performed chamber music with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony. Mr. Wagorn is also on the advisory board of the Hildegard Behrens Foundation and the Time In Children's Arts Initiative.

Mr. Wagorn holds degrees in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada, the University of Ottawa, the Mannes College of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, and serves on the faculty of Mannes College of Music.