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Nina Stemme was born in 1963 in Stockholm and studied at Stockholm University before training at the Stockholm Opera Studio and the University College of Opera. She made her professional debut as Cherubino in Cortona, Italy, in 1989, and won the Operalia competition in 1993, launching an international career centered on the dramatic soprano repertoire.
Stemme is widely regarded as one of the leading Wagnerian sopranos of her era, celebrated especially for Isolde and Brünnhilde at houses including La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and Bayreuth. She won the Birgit Nilsson Prize in 2018 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera in 2010, and was named an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera in 2023.
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