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Nadja Stefanoff

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Nadja Stefanoff
Born (1976-07-22) 22 July 1976 (age 48)
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
EducationMusikhochschule Dresden
OccupationOperatic soprano
OrganizationStaatstheater Mainz
Websitewww.nadja-stefanoff.com

Nadja Stefanoff (born 22 July 1976)[1] is a German operatic soprano based at the Staatstheater Mainz. She began her career as a mezzo-soprano.[2] She has performed leading roles there and as a guest at major opera houses in Europe, such as Marta in Weinberg's Die Passagierin at the Oper Graz, and Giordano's Fedora at the Oper Frankfurt.

Career

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Stefanoff was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, the daughter of Bulgarian tenor Stefan Stefanoff.[3] She studied voice at the Musikhochschule Dresden, graduating in 2010.[2] She was successful at competitions, such as a third prize at Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin in 2002,[4] and winner of the Orpheum Public Award for Mozart in Zürich in 2004.[2] She became a member of the Theater Erfurt, then of the Stadttheater Pforzheim and from 2007 to 2014 at Theater Bremen.[5] She moved to soprano roles in 2013.[6] Stefanoff appeared as a guest at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Komische Oper Berlin and Oper Bonn. She made recordings with the Staatsoperette Dresden [de].[2][7]

She moved to the Staatstheater Mainz with the 2014/15 season.[8] She performed there the title roles of Cherubini's Mèdèe, Bellini's Norma and Puccini's Manon Lescaut[9] and Tosca, and as Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.[2]

In the 2020/21 season, she appeared as Marta in Weinberg's Die Passagierin at the Oper Graz,[6] recorded on CD.[10][11] Stefanoff portrayed the title role, a Russian princess, of Giordano's Fedora at the Oper Frankfurt in a new production in 2022, directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Lorenzo Passerini, alongside Jonathan Tetelman as Loris Ipanov.[6][12][13] Reviewer Jan Brachmann from the FAZ noted the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Stefanoff, Nadja – Theaterfreunde Mainz". Theaterfreunde Mainz – Theaterfreunde des Staatstheaters in 55116 Mainz (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nadja Stefanoff" (in German). Staatstheater Mainz. 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ Joachim Weise (9 August 2012). "Nadja STEFANOFF: Zu neuen Ufern". Online Merker.
  4. ^ "Alle Preisträger*innen Oper/Operette/Konzert 1966–2020". Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin (in German). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Nadja Stefanoff". Gärtnerplatztheater – Startseite. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Nadja Stefanoff". Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. ^ Das Spitzentuch der Königin, Classic Produktion Osnabrück, 2009, OCLC 717536788
  8. ^ "Nadja Stefanoff". Mennicken-PR (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ^ ""Manon Lescauts" Abstieg in die Gegenwart – Puccinis Oper am Staatstheater Mainz – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  10. ^ Die Passagierin (in Russian), Capriccio, 2021, OCLC 1303393088
  11. ^ "Nadja Stefanoff". Oper Graz (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  12. ^ Peter, Wolf-Dieter. "Salon der Leidenschaften – Frankfurts Oper bietet Giordanos "Fedora" in Christoph Loys Inszenierung – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  13. ^ Rupp, Christian (1 April 2022). ""Fedora" in der Oper Frankfurt: Melodram in der Box". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  14. ^ Brachmann, Jan (19 April 2022). "Unentrinnbarer Wohlklang". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2022.

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