Nadine Koutcher

Biography

Nadine Koutcher was born in Minsk.

In 2003 she graduated from Minsk State Musical College, the Department ofMusical Theory. In 2006 she won the 1st Prize in the vocal contest ofthe Religious Music Festival «Mahutny Bozha».
In 2007 she won 1st Prize in two International competitions: Bibigul Tulegenova’s Contest in Khazahstan and Irina Bogacheva’s Contest in St. Petersburg. Also in 2007 she had opera debut in the Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatory, she sang Marfa in the opera „The Tsar’s Bride“ by Rimsky-Korsakov.
In 2009 she started performing in The Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, her debut role was Violetta in Verdi’s „La Traviata“. In the same theatre she performed other roles for lyrical and coloratura soprano, such as Princess Eudoxie in Galevi’s „La Juive“, Oscar in Verdi’s „Un ballo in maschera“. In 2011 she graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with a Vocalist Diploma (the class of a Distinguished Artist, professor Tamara Novichenko, and the chamber class of Kira Izotova). In August 2011 she won the 1st Prize in Mikhailov’s Young Opera Singers’ Contest (Cheboksary, Russia).
In 2012 she was invited by Teodor Currentzis to the ensemble of soloists of The Perm State P.I.Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In May 2012 she took part in the International Diaghilev Festival and was given the role of Medea in the Russian premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s opera “Medea Material”. For this role, she wasawarded the Golden Mask (The Best Female performance of a Year) in Moscow in April 2013. In June 2012 she recorded a CD with the MusicAeterna Orchestra conducting by Currentzis, they performed Rameau’s works for Sony Music. In September 2012 she won the Grand Prix of the International Vocal Competition ‘s- Hertogenbosch, she also won the Audience Award and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Obligatory Piece.P.I.Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In May 2012 she took part in the International Diaghilev Festival and was given the role of Medea in the Russian premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s opera “Medea Material”. For this role, she was awarded the Golden Mask in Moscow in April 2013.[4] In June 2012 she recorded a CD with the MusicAeterna Orchestra conducting by Currentzis, they performed Rameau’s works for Sony Music. In September 2012 she won the Grand Prix of the International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch, she also won the Audience Award and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Obligatory Piece.
In April 2013, on the stage of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, she sang soprano in the 9th Symphony of Beethoven (conductor Conrad van Alphen), in May of the same year during Norwich Norfolk Festival – soprano in Verdi’s Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra and David Perry. In September 2013, Nadine took part in staging the world premiere of Henry Purcell’s opera “The Indian Queen” in the new edition of one of the most popular directors – Peter Sellars – joint co- production of the Perm Opera and Madrid’s Teatro Real, conducted by Teodor Currentzis. Debuted at the Teatro Real in November 2013 in the role of Dona Isabel. For this role Nadine also received the Golden Mask (The Best Female performance of a Year) in Moscow in 2015.
In May–June 2014 Nadine has debuted in Bellini’s “I Puritani” (Elvira) at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile (with the conductor José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and the director Emilio Sagi). the World. In June 2015 Nadine Koutcher became a main Prize winner in the competition Cardiff Singer of the World.
In December 2015 Nadine sang a role of Violetta in a new production of La Traviata staged by Dieter Dorn at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
From 2016 untill 2019 Nadine made her wonderful debuts at several european opera houses like Warsaw Teatr Wielki (Mathilde in Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell”), Teatre Capitole de Toulouse (Contessa Almaviva in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” and Lucia in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”), Opera de Paris (Bastille) (Olympia in“Les Contes d’Hoffmann”), Teatro Municipal Santiago Chile (Amenaide in Rossini’s “Tancredi” also as Contessa Almaviva ), Teatro Municipal de Sao-Paulo (Violetta Valery in Verdi’s “La Traviata”) etc.
In Aprile of 2023 Nadine made her italian debut with role of Marfa in “The Tsar’s Bride” by Rimsky-Korsakov (with Valentin Uryupin conducted) in Teatro Regio di Torino. In May 2023 Nadine stars as Cecília (Ceci) in „Il Guarany“, by Carlos Gomes, at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil.
  1. Bellini, I purutani, Elvira
  2. Verdi, La Traviata, Violetta Valery
  3. Verdi, Rigoletto, Gilda
  4. Verdi, Requiem, Soprano solo
  5. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucia Ashton
  6. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro, Contessa Almaviva
  7. Rossini, William Tell, Mathilde
  8. Rossini, Tancredi, Amenaide
  9. Halevy, La Juive, La Prencesse Eudoxie
  10. Massenet, La Sendrillon, La Fee
  11. Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Olympia
  12. Purcell, The Indian Queen, Doña Isabel
  13. Glinka, Ruslan and Ludmila, Ludmila
  14. Glinka, Ivan Susanin, Antonida
  15. Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride, Marfa
  16. Pascal Dusapin, Medea Material, Medea
  17. Bach, Magnificat, Soprano solo.
  18. Beethoven, The 9th Symphony, Soprano solo
  19. Beethoven, Chirst on the Mount of Olives, Seraphim
  20. Brahms, German Requiem
  21. Haydn, Die Schöpfung, Gabriel
  22. Haydn, Die Jahreszeiten, Hanna
  23. Händel, Dixit Dominus, Soprano solo
  24. Berg, Sieben Frühe Lieder (with orchestra)
  25. Mahler, The 4th Symphony, Soprano solo
  26. Mozart, Requiem, Soprano Solo
  27. Verdi, Requiem, Soprano Solo
  28. Orf, Carmina Burana, Soprano solo
  29. Meyerbeer, Cantata for Soprano and solo clarinett Gli amori de Teolinda.
  30. Stravinsky, Noces, Soprano solo.
  31. Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder