Nadine Sierra  Nadine Sierra (born May 14, 1988) is an American soprano. She is most well known for her interpretation of Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto," and Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." Currently performing in leading roles in the top opera houses around the world, she received the 1st Prize and People's Choice Award 2013 at the Neue Stimmen competition, is the 2017 Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award Winner, and was awarded the Beverly Sills Artists Award in 2018. Her debut album on the Universal Music Group label, "There's a Place for Us", was released on August 24, 2018. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she trained at The Mannes College of Music and with Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West, where she was the youngest person ever to win the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition. She became a Young Artist with the Palm Beach Opera when she was 14 and made her operatic debut there two years later as the Sandman in Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel". She also appeared on the National Public Radio program "From the Top" when she was 15 performing "O mio babbino caro" from "Gianni Schicchi". She was invited back to "From the Top" in 2010, a show taped in Burlington, Vermont, with commentary by Marilyn Horne. She appeared at the United States Supreme Court Building in May 2009 where she sang solo and with Thomas Hampson in the Justices Chambers. In 2009 she competed in Helsinki, Finland, in the Mirjam Helin International Competition where she was awarded second place. She had her debut concert in Helsinki, Finland in 2009. In October 2009 she performed in the Marilyn Horne Mediterranean Cruise to Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece. In March 2010 she performed at the Musashino Hall, Tokyo, Japan. She appeared as the Princess with Gotham Chamber Opera's production of Xavier Montsalvatge's opera "El gato con botas" at the New Victory Theater. In January 2011 she returned to Palm Beach Opera's "Orfeo ed Euridice" in the title role. In May 2011 she appeared as Tytania in Boston Lyric Opera's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In January 2011 she became a San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow and the following May appeared in the company's premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' opera "Heart of a Soldier" with Thomas Hampson in the main role.