Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Metropolitan Opera, 2011-2012 Photo © Metropolitan Opera Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde in Wagner's Siegfried, Metropolitan Opera, 2011-2012 Photo © Metropolitan Opera

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Deborah Voigt's Acclaimed Brünnhilde Returns to the Met for Götterdämmerung, the Climax of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
   "Style, gutsiness and passion" – New York Daily News on Voigt's Brünnhilde.
Reigning American dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt once again brings Wagner's warrior-goddess Brünnhilde alive at the Metropolitan Opera when she stars in Götterdämmerung, the climactic chapter of the composer's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen tetralogy. The January 27-February 11 run of Götterdämmerung, in the new Robert Lepage production, follows her acclaimed performances as Brünnhilde in the cycle's preceding operas at the Met, Die Walküre and Siegfried. This Götterdämmerung will be transmitted to movie theaters worldwide on February 11 as part of the Met's popular Live in HD series. The four Ring operas return to the Met in April for a complete cycle (April 7-May 12), with Voigt’s Brünnhilde taking center stage. [ more ]

Tune in Friday, Dec 9 and Saturday, Dec 10 to see Deborah Voigt as Celebrity Judge on WQXR's "Classical Comedy Contest"
In November, WQXR - the nation's most listened-to classical music radio station - and the venerable comedy club Carolines on Broadway joined forces to produce WQXR's Classical Comedy Contest, presented as part of the New York Comedy Festival. New Yorkers can relive the laughs when THIRTEEN broadcasts highlights of the contest with THAT'S CLASSIC! on Friday, December 9 at 10:30 p.m. The program will also air on WLIW Friday, December 9 at 12 a.m., with an encore play on Saturday, December 10 at 5:30 p.m. Musical America called the show "Captivating and amusing."
   The winner was selected by a world-class line-up of judges from the worlds of comedy and music, including comedian Robert Klein; Peter Schickele, the man behind famed personality PDQ Bach; soprano Deborah Voigt; and Charles Hamlen of the classical music management company IMG.
   View a trailer of the broadcast.

NPR Music names Deborah Voigt one of “Five Musicians Who Are Fun To Follow On Twitter.”
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Deborah Voigt appears in The Opera Cooks, a new cookbook edited by OPERA NEWS contributing photographer Johannes Ifkovits and stylist Evelyn Rillé. Sixty-four opera stars, including Deborah Voigt, Roberto Alagna, Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson and René Pape, have contributed their handwritten recipes to the volume, which features candid photography of the singers in the kitchen. An English-language version of the book is now available in the U.S, available exclusively this month at the Met Opera Shop.

Deborah Voigt’s Portrayal of Brünnhilde in Met’s New Production of Wagner’s Siegfried Transmitted to Movie Theaters Tomorrow, Saturday, Nov 5. [ more ]

Deborah Voigt Makes Brünnhilde Debut This Week in Met’s New Production of Wagner’s Siegfried. Deborah Voigt continues the journey of her first complete cycle of Wagner’s monumental Der Ring des Nibelungen with her role debut this week as Brünnhilde in Siegfried. [ more ]

Deborah Voigt’s Two New Brünnhilde Debuts at Met Highlight Her 2011-12 Season. Deborah Voigt launches her 2011-12 season on September 21 when she joins the New York Philharmonic in its season-opening gala in a performance to be broadcast live on public television’s Live From Lincoln Center. Soon after, she makes much-anticipated role debuts as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the final two installments of the Metropolitan Opera’s new “Ring” cycle, directed by Robert Lepage. [ more ]

Voigt Sings Wagner, Barber and R. Strauss in NY Philharmonic Season Opener
Deborah Voigt opens the New York Philharmonic’s 2011-12 Season on Wednesday, September 21st with a gala concert featuring the aria “Dich, teure Halle” from Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Andromache's Farewell, for soprano and orchestra, by Samuel Barber, and the final scene from Richard Strauss’s Salome. The concert will be conducted by Alan Gilbert and broadcast on television in the Live from Lincoln Center series on PBS. Complete program and ticket information is available at the New York Philharmonic website.

The Los Angeles Times selected Deborah Voigt as one of the Top 25 Cultural tweeters to follow. The paper’s “Culture Monster” crew notes: “Deborah Voigt (@debvoigt): This self-styled, down-to-earth diva interacts regularly with fans and tweets on the challenges of singing Schoenberg, the joys of pupil dilation and wanting to duet with Josh Groban.” Follow her “Down to Earth Diva” tweets here: http://twitter.com/#!/debvoigt

Deborah Voigt Is Annie Oakley – and Herself – for Annie Get Your Gun and Solo Show Voigt Lessons at Glimmerglass in July and August. [ more ]

“Something Wonderful: An Evening of Broadway” with Deborah Voigt: Thursday, May 19 at Carnegie Hall
Following her much talked-about debut performances as Brünnhilde in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Die Walküre, Deborah Voigt moves from Wagner to show tunes when she stars in "Something Wonderful: An Evening of Broadway” at Carnegie Hall, Thursday, May 19. This benefit concert for the Collegiate Chorale will feature songs by the likes of George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Stephen Sondheim and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Special guest artist baritone Paulo Szot joins Voigt and the acclaimed chorus, along with the American Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ted Sperling. [ tickets ]

Deborah Voigt Shows Spectacular Range This Spring and Summer, from Brünnhilde at Met and Broadway at Carnegie to Schoenberg with NY Phil and Annie at Glimmerglass. [ more ]

Deborah Voigt Sings Her First Brünnhilde Tonight in Met’s New Walküre.
NEW YORK, Friday, April 22 – Deborah Voigt sings the first Brünnhilde of her career tonight, when Robert Lepage’s new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre opens at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. The final performance of the run, on Saturday, May 14, will be simulcast live into movie theaters worldwide as part of the “Met: Live in HD” series. [ ticket info ]   [ reviews ]
Video previews of the Met’s new Walküre are now available at the company’s website: metoperafamily.org.
Voigt discusses her debut as Brünnhilde in a feature available here: playbillarts.com.

Deborah Voigt in May 2011 issue of Vanity Fair
Be sure to check out the May 2011 issue of Vanity Fair (page 173 to be exact), which includes a beautiful photo of Deborah Voigt taken by renowned photographer Mark Seliger. The title of the feature by Matthew Guerrieri, “From Wagner to Western,” refers to Voigt’s upcoming role debuts: this month as Brünnhilde in the Met’s new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre (Apr 22 – May 14); and in July as Annie Oakley in the Glimmerglass Festival’s production of Annie Get Your Gun (Jul 16 – Aug 21).

A Star of the Opera’s Hit Centenary Production at the Met, Deborah Voigt Next Embodies Puccini’s “Girl of the Golden West” at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Deborah Voigt wowed critics and fans alike with her turn as Puccini’s quintessential New World heroine in the Metropolitan Opera’s centenary staging of La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West). The New Year brings another anniversary production, when Voigt embodies Puccini’s Gold Rush girl again at Lyric Opera of Chicago (Jan 22 – Feb 21). [ more ] [ reviews ]

Deborah Voigt Is Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West for Centenary Performances at Metropolitan Opera (Dec 6 – Jan 8). Hot off her lauded role debut in San Francisco as Puccini’s quintessential New World heroine, soprano Deborah Voigt will once again portray the pistol-packing, poker-playing barmaid Minnie, this time in the Metropolitan Opera’s centenary staging of La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West). [ more ]

Soprano Deborah Voigt Launches a Rich New Season of Firsts
“Not many divas can move easily between the lofty heights of opera and the gleeful climes of musical theater, but Deborah Voigt hopes to conquer both during the next ten months.”
[ read the Huffington Post interview ]

Voigt on Salome
The Huffington Post, 10-6-10

“I’d lost about 70 pounds by this point,” Voigt explains. “This was about a year and a half prior to the engagement, and I said, ‘Andrew, do you think I’m ready physically to pull this off?’ And he said, ‘Yes, I think it’s time.’” That 2006 Chicago Salome earned fine reviews and inspired her to sing the role in D.C., directed by Francesca Zambello. But will Voigt now shed all her clothes, as some of her colleagues have done?
   She flashes a wry smile. “We incorporate a lot of real veils, so you’re very distracted by the beauty of these scarves floating through the air. That being said, I do drop all seven veils, but theater is illusion.” She laughs. “I’m having a lot of fun reexamining Salome now, and that’s the beauty of what I do: I can revisit these parts and delve into them on a deeper level. I’m playing Salome’s youth more than I did the last time; I think it’s a more rounded portrayal.”
   – Susan Dormady Eisenberg, The Huffington Post, 10-6-10

Landmark Season Takes Soprano Deborah Voigt from Wild West to Valhalla and Broadway with Several Notable Firsts. Far-Ranging 2010-11 season highlights include debut at Washington National Opera as Strauss’s Salome; two star turns as Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West, at Lyric Opera of Chicago and, in centenary production, at Metropolitan Opera; long-awaited role debut as Brünnhilde in Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre; Schoenberg’s Erwartung with New York Philharmonic; and headlining role in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun at Glimmerglass Festival. [ read more ]

Deborah Voigt to Become a Pistol-Packin’ Annie
“Deborah Voigt, a leading dramatic soprano known for portraying Strauss and Wagner heroines, will be packing heat next summer in the title role of Irving Berlin’s ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival.”
[ read the New York Times article ]

Opera Diva Straps On Her Six-Guns
“Ms. Voigt’s leap into popular musical – with a twang, no less – is showbiz at it most exciting and daring.” [ read the wowOwow.com article ]

Deborah Voigt tames wild west in San Francisco Opera’s Fanciulla! “Winning” Minnie portrayal is hit as soprano adds important new role to repertoire, impressing critics with “radiant voice,” “theatrical vibrancy,” and “sensitivity to detail.”
[ read more ]

Diva Deborah Voigt helps celebrate centenary of Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West, making her title role debut this June in San Francisco before winter productions in New York and Chicago. America’s top dramatic soprano recently stole show as Wagner’s Senta at Metropolitan Opera, bringing “steely power and lyrical elegance” (New York Times) to The Flying Dutchman. [ read more ]

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