Nadja Stefanoff

Nadja Stefanoff (born 22 July 1976)[1] is a German operatic soprano based at the Staatstheater Mainz.

[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.

[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.

[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.