Rising US soprano collects third major award

Rising US soprano collects third major award

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norman lebrecht

April 18, 2017

Nadine Sierra, 28, tonight won the 2017 Richard Tucker Award, which carries a $50,000 cash prize and buckets of prestige.

She has already won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Marilyn Horne Competition. She is presently singing Lucia di Lammemoor in Venice.


photo: Merri Cyr

Comments

  • Ernest Low says:

    Richly deserved. She is superb!

  • Edgar Brenninkmeyer says:

    Nadine will set La Fenice on fire – musically, of course :-). She did so a few years ago during the New Year Concerts, one of which I attended. Brava!

  • John Porter says:

    I heard her when she was a student at Mannes. She’s already a star.

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