Recital Series
Nadine Sierra & Bryan Wagorn
Nadine Sierra Soprano
bryan wagorn piano
February 16, 2018 - February 18, 2018
Board of Officers Room
The youngest winner ever of both the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition, Nadine Sierra is being hailed as one of the most promising new talents in opera today, with impressive recent debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Paris Opera, and San Francisco Opera. She performs a wide-ranging program of art songs from Schumann and Strauss to Barber and Bernstein and works by Spanish and Brazilian composers that offers audiences the chance to get to know the seamless technique, abundant musicality, and vocal beauty of this star on the rise in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room.
Performances
Friday, February 16, 2018 at 8:00pm
Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 3:00pm
Program
Includes works by Strauss, Schubert, Barber, Turina, Braga, Villa Lobos, and Bernstein
“In the rarefied world of opera, 27-year-old soprano wunderkind Nadine Sierra is bringing audiences to their feet and breaking generate the power, range, blend, and accuracy age-old traditions.”
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Support
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation.
The Recital Series is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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