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NADINE BALBEISI - soprano
Sought after as a soloist for a variety of projects, Nadine Balbeisi has sung in oratorios, operas, world premieres, and numerous recordings.
Nadine Balbeisi is featured in the first 3 CDs of the Reliquie di Roma series of Erin Headley's award-winning ensemble Atalante, which focuses on repertoire from 17th century Rome. The first CD Lamentarium has received outstanding critical acclaim, winning a Diapason d’Or. Musicweb International hailed it as “Recording Of The Year 2011” and highly praised her performance: “The Pianto della Maddalena is a masterpiece, and it gets a highly impressive and often moving performance by Nadine Balbeisi, who brings out every nuance of the text.” Johan van Veen
She has performed with Atalante in the Boston Early Music Festival, the Galway Early Music Festival, London and Sienna, and performed Euridice in a staged baroque opera production, Orfeo by Luigi Rossi, in Galway. She was on US tours with the ensemble in 2015 and 2019.
As an oratorio singer Nadine Balbeisi has sung with numerous ensembles including Concerto con anima, Neues Rheinisches Kammerorchester, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik and Churpfälsische Hofkapelle. She has performed J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and numerous cantatas. Her repertoire includes Haydn’s Creation, Missa in tempore belli, Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, Great Mass in c minor and Requiem. (See Repertoire for a detailed list).
As a Lied singer Nadine Balbeisi has collaborated with pianist Lydia Qiu and with Jean Kleeb singing Schubert, Schumann, Wolf and new works. She was awarded with a scholarship in 2011 to participate and perform in the “Lied Course” at the Franz Schubert Institute in Austria.
Her performances in contemporary music include world premieres of art songs and large works as Missa Brasileira and Luther Oratorio by Jean Kleeb.
She has recorded voice parts for the CDs accompanying choral editions such the Missa Brasileira and Latin American Christmas Cantata Canta Navidad published by Helbling Editions. Her latest recording project has her featured as the protagonist in a Singspiel Zauber der Freiheit 1517 - Drama der Soldatenwitwe Wirwettzen (with texts by Ilina Fach and music by Jean Kleeb) on the trial and burning of a woman named Wirwettzen from Marburg, Germany in 1517.
Since the beginning of 2020 she sings medieval repertoire regularly with the women’s schola Ars Choralis Coeln directed by Maria Jonas.
PRESS COMMENTS
“The Pianto della Maddalena is a masterpiece, and it gets a highly impressive and often moving performance by Nadine Balbeisi, who brings out every nuance of the text.”
Musicweb, Johan van Veen
Album - Musicweb International Recording Of The Year 2011
