The celebrated soprano will perform on March 21 at Zipper Hall

(Los Angeles) February 23, 2026 — On March 21, 2026, LA Opera will present soprano Nadine Sierra in recital with pianist Bryan Wagorn at The Colburn School's intimate Zipper Hall.

The acclaimed soprano will make her Los Angeles recital debut in a showcase of beloved arias by Donizetti, Mozart and Puccini, alongside an enchanting second half of Spanish and Latin American songs, from Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos to the timeless melodies of "Bésame Mucho" and "Cielito Lindo."

About Nadine Sierra
Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, Nadine Sierra is hailed as one of the most promising young talents in opera today. Having made a string of successful debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, and Staatsoper Berlin, she has become a fixture at many of the top houses around the world. Sierra signed an exclusive contract to record for Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Gold in 2017. Her debut album, There’s a Place for Us, was released in 2018, followed by a second album, Made for Opera, in 2022. She was named the Richard Tucker Award winner in 2017 and was awarded the 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award by the Metropolitan Opera.

She began the 2025/26 season with a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Amina in La Sonnambula before embarking on a major Latin American recital tour, followed by a festive gala in Carnegie Hall. She began 2026 at the Vienna State Opera, singing the title role of Luisa Miller in a new production. Other engagements include recitals at Salle Gaveau, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stanford Live, Palau de les Arts, Festival de Pâques (Aix), and Hungarian State Opera. Operatic performances continue with L’elisir d’amore and Rigoletto at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as well as Roméo et Juliette at Madrid's Teatro Real and La Traviata at Chorégies d’Orange.

About Bryan Wagorn
Canadian pianist and vocal coach Bryan Wagorn regularly performs throughout North America, Europe and Asia as soloist, chamber musician and recital accompanist to the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. His recital with Nadine Sierra marks his second appearance with LA Opera, after his recital with tenor Benjamin Bliss earlier this season.

His major television and radio appearances include performances on Good Morning America, WQXR and CBC Radio. A participant at the Marlboro Music Festival and member of the music staff at the Glyndebourne Festival, he has also been a staff coach at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and served on the faculty of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute and Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra. He has been a guest coach at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Program and at the Glyndebourne Festival’s Jerwood Young Artist Program. He made his solo recital debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2009, and has performed chamber music with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony.

Tickets, Date and Address
The recital will take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School (200 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012).

Tickets are currently sold out. Audience members can check for future availability online at LAOpera.org, by phone at 213.972.8001, or in person at the LA Opera box office at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012). For disability access, call 213.972.0777 or email LAOpera@LAOpera.org.

More information about the performance is available at LAOpera.org/Sierra. Click here to download a photo of Ms. Sierra.

About LA Opera
Los Angeles is a city of enormous diversity and creativity, and LA Opera is dedicated to reflecting that vibrancy by redefining what opera can be. Through imaginative new productions, world premiere commissions, and inventive performances that preserve foundational works while making them feel fresh and compelling, LA Opera has become one of America’s most exciting and ambitious opera companies.

In addition to its mainstage performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the company explores unusual repertoire each season through the LA Opera Off Grand initiative, featuring performances in a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles. The LA Opera Connects initiative offers a robust variety of educational programming and community engagement offerings that reaches people throughout every corner of Los Angeles County. Learn more at LAOpera.org.

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