Nadja Stefanoff

German operatic soprano

Nadja Stefanoff
Born	(1976-07-22) 22 July 1976 (age 47) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Education	Musikhochschule Dresden
Occupation	Operatic soprano
Organization	Staatstheater Mainz
Website	www.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

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

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