Born in California, Nina Warren began her career at the Metropolitan Opera as Gerhilde DIE WALKÜRE under James Levine. A graduate in dance and theatre arts from Brigham Young University, she studied voice at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Juilliard School Opera Center. In the demanding repertory of dramatic soprano she went on to appear in principal theatres and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe and South America.
Roles Performed:
ELEKTRA: Chrysothemis
ERWARTUNG: Eine Frau
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Minnie
FIDELIO: Leonora
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Senta
FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN: Die Färberin
JENUFA: Kostelnicka
JONNIE SPIELT AUF: Anita
DER KÖNIG KANDAULES: Nyssia
THE MAKROPOLOUS AFFAIR: Emilia Marty
MARCO POLO (Tan Dun): Sheherazada
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA: Lavinia
SALOME: Title role
TOSCA: Title role
DIE TOTE STADT: Marie
TURANDOT: Title role
DIE WALKÜRE: Brunnhilde
WOZZECK: Marie
Baltimore Opera
Canadian Opera Company
Los Angeles Opera Aalto-Theater Essen
Opéra de Nice Oper der Stadt Bonn Aalto-Theater Essen Connecticut Grand Opera Wheeling Symphony
Oper Frankfurt Palm Beach Opera
Royce Hall, Los Angeles (in concert)
Teatro Municipal de São Paulo Aalto-Theater Essen
Oper der Stadt Köln
Hamburgische Staatsoper (World premiere - televised on Arte Channel & recorded on Capriccio label) Teatro Colón
Oper der Stadt Köln Janácek Festival Brno
München Festival Hong Kong Arts Festival De Nederlandse Oper (Recorded by Sony Classics)
Seattle Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin Stattstheater Stuttgart Oper Frankfurt Semper Oper Dresden De Vlaamse Oper (Gent & Antwerp) Teatro Verdi Trieste Seattle Opera Florida Grand Opera Opera Pacific Baltimore Opera Utah Opera Arizona Opera
In Concert Bochum Symphony Kölner Rundfunk Orchester Summer Concert Series at Indiana University Junge Deutsche Orchester
Teatro Municipal, Chile New York City Opera
Spoleto Festival Oper der Stadt Köln Hamburgische Staatsoper Teatro Colón
Los Angeles Opera Teatro Colón Sinaloa Festival of the Arts Ángela Peralta Theatre Mazatlán Culiacán Opera New York City Opera Oper der Stadt Köln
Teatro Colón
San Diego Opera
In Concert: Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony -Royal Flemish Orchestra; Berg Lieder - Kölner Rundfunk Orchester (televised and broadcast); Albert's Treestone - Alice Tully Hall; Webern Songs - Staatstheater Stuttgart; Bolcom Songs of Innocence and Experience - Pacific Symphony.
Conductors with whom she has worked include: Charles Dutoit, James Levine; Gabriele Ferro; Gerard Schwarz; Julius Rudel; Simone Young; James Conlon; Richard Bradshaw; Christian Badea; Stefan Soltesz; Gerd Albrecht; Lothar Zagrosek; Kent Nagano; Steven Sloane; Jun Maerkle; Hans Vonk.
Directors with whom she has worked include: Gian-Carlo del Monaco; Robert LePage; Gunter Kramer; Des MacAnuff; Christoph Nell; Renata Scotto; Bartlett Sher; Francesca Zambello.