Nadine Lehner has been engaged as a principal artist at Opera
Bremen since 2004 and has been seen as Liu in Puccini´s
“Turandot“, Susanna in Mozart´s “Le Nozze di
Figaro“, Sandrina
in Mozart´s “La Finta Giardinera”, Melisande in Debussys
“Pelleas et Melisande”, Micaela in Bizet´s
“Carmen“, Gretel in Humperdinck´s “Hansel und
Gretel“, Marzelline in Beethoven´s “Fidelio“,
Tatjana in Tschaikovsky´s "Eugen Onegin" and Githa in Zemlinsky´s "Der
Zwerg". Upcoming performances in Bremen include Maria in Tschaikovsky´s
"Mazeppa" and Ilia in Mozart´s "Idomeneo".
For her extraordinary performances as Tatjana and Zerlina in Mozart´s "Don Giovanni" she received the "Kurt-Hübner-Price" and the audience price "Silberner Roland" in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
In September 2010 she guested in Beethoven´s 9th symphony at
the Beethoven Festival Bonn with Peter Ruticka as conductor and in
October 2010 with "For Last Songs" by R. Strauss in Guangzhou
(China).
Ms. Lehner made her debut in Singapore 2009 under the baton of
Kent Nagano singing the Fourth Maiden in Strauss’
“Elektra”. Along with her roles in Bremen, she also sang in
concert with the Bavaria-Quebec Orchestra for the 400th Anniversary
celebrations in Quebec. Ms. Lehner also made her debut with the
Deutsche Oper Berlin singing Papagena in “Die
Zauberflöte” for their Aspendos International Summer
Festival.
Her engagments with the Staatsoper “Unter den Linden”
(Berlin) have included Papagena, Milli in Schrekers “Der ferne
Klang”, the Sheperd in Wagners “Tannhäuser”, and
Barbarina in Mozarts “Le Nozze di Figaro” under such
conducters as M. Gielen, S. Weigle and D. Barenboim. Ms. Lehner also
recently performed in Schumanns “Manfred” under the baton
of Ivor Bolton at the Salzburg Festival.
Ms. Lehners professional education includes a degree from the
“Hanns Eisler” College of Music in Berlin, where she
studied under Norma Sharp, Wolfram Rieger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and
Julia Varady. She also practicipated in master classes with, among
others, Hans Hotter and Inge Borkh. In Leipzig, Ms. Lehner received
the Manifold prize of “Young Musical Artist” in 1997. In
the Berlin Competition for Singing she won the Walter Kaminsky
Foundation prize in 1998 and the Franz Grothe prize in 2000. She also
received the Berlin Salon prize in 2004. During her studies, Ms.
Lehner received the “live music now” scholarship from the
Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, as well as scholarshipstudy foundation and
the Gotthard-Schierse Foundation.