Nadja Michael

Nadja Michael (born 1969) is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles.

Growing up, she enjoyed singing German folksongs with her family while her mother played the piano.

[2] Michael has appeared at La Scala (Salome, 2007), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Salome, 2008),[3] Vienna State Opera (Fidelio), Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Munich (Macbeth and Medea in Corinto), Brussels (Médée, 2008), Chicago (Macbeth, 2010), Berlin (Wozzeck, under Daniel Barenboim, 2011), and San Francisco Opera (Salome, 2009 and The Makropulos Case, 2016).

[1] In 2012, Michael made her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Lady Macbeth, opposite Thomas Hampson and Dimitri Pittas.

She resides in Berlin and founded a charity, Stimme fur die Menschlichkeit (Voice for Humanity).