Nadja Stefanoff

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

These 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 : Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Norma, Adriana Lecouvreur, Ariadne auf Naxos, Marschallin / Der Rosenkavalier, Sieglinde / Walküre,  Countess  / Le Nozze di Figaro, Katja Kabanowa, Elisabetta / Maria Stuarda, Agathe / Der Freischütz, Cherubini’s Médée, Marta / Weinberg’s Die Passagierin (DVD Naxos).

She has sung at Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, Capitole de Toulouse  Narodowa Teatr in Warsaw,  Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Brussels De Munt,  Stuttgart Staatsoper, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoperette in Dresden, Staatstheater in Kassel, Oper Bonn, the Gärtnerplatz Theater in Munich, Oper Graz, Landestheater Innsbruck, Theater an der Wien, Bergen…

Upcoming projects include Elsa / Lohengrin, the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos and Alice / Falstaff  in Mainz, Sieglinde / Walküre in Luxemburg.

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