Nadja Michael
Nadja Michael is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles. Her mother's great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack.
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 in the United States.Opera career
She began her career as a mezzo-soprano but became a soprano in April 2005. Michael has appeared at La Scala, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Munich, Brussels, Chicago, Berlin, and San Francisco Opera.In 2012, Michael made her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Lady Macbeth, opposite Thomas Hampson and Dimitri Pittas. In 2015 she returned to the company as Judith in Bluebeard's Castle of Béla Bartók.
In 2018, the soprano appeared in Macbeth for Europa Galente.
Personal life
She resides in Berlin and founded a charity, Stimme fur die Menschlichkeit.Videography
- Bizet: Carmen Planeta de Agostini
- Verdi: Don Carlos TDK
- Puccini: Tosca Naxos
- Strauss: Salome TDK
- Strauss: Salome Opus Arte
- Mayr: Medea in Corinto Arthaus
- Cherubini: Médée Bel Air Classiques