Nadine Secunde was born on 21 December 1953 and is an American operatic soprano.
15 Facts About Nadine Secunde
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Nadine Secunde studied and performed in Germany, singing at the Bayreuth Festival the leading role of Elsa in Lohengrin and Sieglinde in Die Walkure, and made an international career.
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Nadine Secunde studied piano and voice at the Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University with Margaret Harshaw.
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Nadine Secunde studied from 1979 on a Fulbright scholarship at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.
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Nadine Secunde performed in 1982 the role of Elvira in Auber's Die Stumme von Portici, conducted by Siegfried Kohler, Sinaide, the pharao's wife, in Rossini's Mose, alongside Eike Wilm Schulte as the pharao, and Micaela in Bizet's Carmen, Later she performed major roles in Wagner stage works.
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Nadine Secunde became a member of the Cologne Opera in 1985 and received attention in her debut in the title part of Janaceks Kata Kabanova, staged by Harry Kupfer and conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
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Nadine Secunde performed the title role of Arabella by Richard Strauss at the Bavarian State Opera.
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Nadine Secunde appeared at the Bayreuth Festival first in 1987, as Elsa in the Lohengrin production conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
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Nadine Secunde sang the role at the Royal Opera House in London in 1988, and at La Fenice in Venice in 1990.
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Nadine Secunde sang at Covent Garden Chrysothemis in Elektra by Strauss in 1990.
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In 1996, Nadine Secunde sang the Brunnhilde role in Wagner's Die Walkure at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
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Nadine Secunde performed the role of the primadonna in the premiere of Hans Werner Henze's one-act opera Venus und Adonis at the Bavarian State Opera on 11 January 1997, conducted by Markus Stenz.
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Nadine Secunde is married to Heiner Rekeszus, a musicologist and dealer with historic musical documents.
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Nadine Secunde recorded the part of Miss Jessel in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw in 1993, a production of the Aldeburgh Festival conducted by Steuart Bedford, and alongside Philip Langridge as Quint.
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Nadine Secunde received praise not only for her singing but her "formidable acting skills".