Nadja Stefanoff

Soprano Nadja Stefanoff has established herself as one of the most exciting singing actresses of her generation. She was hailed at nothing less than “exceptional” for her last two debuts : at Oper Frankfurt in the title role of Giordano’s Fedora and at Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Marietta in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt.

These two roles add to an impressive gallery of portraits where Nadja amazes critics and public alike with her warm and velvety voice, her gorgeous looks and her acting skills : ToscaManon Lescaut, Norma, Adriana Lecouvreur, Sieglinde / Walküre,  Countess  / Le Nozze di FigaroKatja Kabanowa, Elisabetta / Maria Stuarda, Agathe / Der Freischütz, Cherubini’s Medée, Marta / Weinberg’s Die Passagierin (available on CD – Naxos) that she sang at Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, the  Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Staatsoper in Stuttgart, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoperette in Dresden, Staatstheater in Kassel, Oper Bonn, the Gärtnerplatz Theater in Munich, Oper Graz, Landestheater Innsbruck….

Upcoming projects include her return to Frankfurt as Fedora, her debut as Marschallin / Rosenkavalier in Mainz, Sieglinde / Walküre in Kassel…

Born in Chemnitz of Bulgarian origins, Nadja studied at the University and Staatsoper in Dresden. She was a member of the ensembles of Theater Erfurt, Theater Bremen, then the Staatstheater in Braunschweig. She joined the Staatstheater in Mainz in 2014, where she has since been a member of the ensemble.

Representation : World

Wagner : Die Walküre "Der Männer Sippe"

Korngold : Die tote Stadt

Wagner : Die Walküre "Du bist der Lenz""

Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur

Giordano : Fedora

Cherubini : Médée