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Nikki Einfeld soprano
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Personal website:
www.nikkieinfeld.com/
Lyric Coloratura soprano, Nikki Einfeld, has been widely recognized for her “high flying virtuosity” (New York Times) as well as her “blazing intensity and ferocious artistry” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Recent highlights from the operatic stage include Gilda, Rigoletto with Calgary Opera, the title role in the world première of Death with Interruptions by Kurt Rhode and Curley’s Wife in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Other notable appearances include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Vancouver Opera and New Orleans Opera; Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Mendocino Music Festival and West Bay Opera; the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor with Syracuse Opera and Green Mountain Opera Festival; Ophelia in Hamlet with Opera Lyra Ottawa; several roles in the world premiere of Delores Claiborne by Tobias Picker, Gianetta in The Elixir of Love, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with San Francisco Opera; Nanetta in Falstaff and as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Edmonton Opera; Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment, and Norina in Don Pasquale with Manitoba Opera.
A highly adept interpreter of a wide range of repertoire spanning from the baroque to contemporary music, Ms. Einfeld has made guest appearances on the concert stage with the San Francisco Symphony, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, The Marin Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Empyrean Ensemble. As a champion of contemporary music she regularly performs premieres by modern composers and has recently been appointed a member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Her collaboration with Left Coast, which recently yielded a 2016 Best Chamber Music Performance win from San Francisco Classical Voice, will further explore her love for the concert stage and the pairing of new works with traditional masterpieces.
Ms. Einfeld is a former Adler Fellow and Merola Alumnus with the San Francisco Opera, and also received acclaim as a Grand Finalist in the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Upcoming engagements include appearances with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and as the Controller in Flight with Opera Parallele.
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Critical Acclaim
Nikki Einfeld, the production’s Gilda, gave a very strong performance, beautifully capturing the girlishness of Rigoletto’s love-smitten daughter. Vocally, she has exactly the right type of voice for the role — sweet, silvery, and with an ability to easily soar to the heights and project well into a large hall. “Caro nome” is one of the best-known arias in all opera, and she made the most of it here, giving the entire scene a playful, adolescent element frequently missing where other performances are merely sentimental. There was sentiment enough in her singing, but the humorous, playful element, frequently missed, gave the moment a dimension it often lacks. She was also a fine partner in the many duets this opera contains, especially the duet with oboe accompaniment in the third act.
— Kenneth Delong, Calgary Herald
“Nikki Einfeld took on Diana with grace and fine comic timing. The role requires a fair bit of coloratura, particularly in an Act I aria where she lays down the law (sounding just a bit like the Queen of the Night), and Einfeld had the goods to bring it off. Her last aria, and the most emotionally freighted of the show, “Teco porta, o mia speranza” (Take my soul with you, O my hope), was beautifully done.”
— Michael Zwiebach, San Francisco Classical Voice
“high notes were the highlight with the plucky soprano Nikki Einfeld rendering the beautiful singing part of bel canto while handily hitting all the comic notes, too.”
— CBC News (Norina ~ Don Pasquale)
“Nikki Einfeld, in her Vancouver Opera debut, is so right for the part of Susanna that it almost seems like typecasting. With a pert presence, a fresh voice, and a real flair for comedy, she is a delightful singing actress with a rock-solid understanding of the ins and outs of her character.”
— Vancouver Sun (Susanna ~ Marriage of Figaro)
“Soprano Nikki Einfeld sang Ophelia. Her Act II soliloquy, one of the most appealing numbers in the opera, was beautiful, though outdone by her Act IV mad scene, one of the best such scenes in opera.”
— Ottawa Citizen (Ophelia ~ Hamlet)
“…soprano Nikki Einfeld exuded sweet ecstasy in A Little Bit in Love (and) “jumped the acrobatic hurdles of Glitter and Be Gay (from Candide)” (In Concert with Pacific Symphony – Carl St. Clair Conducting)
— Orange County Register
“Nikki Einfeld, as Télaïre, is the strongest singer here. She sang with a seductive passion in the first act, and with a melting beauty and purity of tone in both Castor’s funeral scene and the finale.”
— New York Times (Télaïre ~ Castor et Pollux)
“…dazzling…”, “Nikki Einfeld demonstrated high-flying virtuosity in an aria from Donizetti’s “Linda di Chamounix.” (Metropolitan Opera Grand Finals Concert)
— New York Times
“…a soprano of considerable range and clarity of voice…” “Her emphatic performance as Lucia is striking.” (Lucia ~ Lucia di Lammermoor)
— The Post-Standard
“…light and lyrical with well turned phrases…she handled the brisk runs and difficult intervals with impressive vocal agility.” (Adina ~ Elixir of Love, Donizetti)
— Winnipeg Free Press
“…Her performance has major career stamped all over it…Einfeld raced around Strauss’ cruel Zerbinetta aria, which she tossed off, seemingly without effort.”
— San Francisco Classical Voice
“Pretty and petite, this lovely soprano was marvelous to watch and wonderful to hear. Her second scene aria ,Una Voce Poco Fa, is a Barber of Seville highlight, and she sang it not just flawlessly but gorgeously.” “Rosina” in The Barber of Seville.
— The Star Phoenix
“…a remarkable display of stratospheric pointillism” (Queen of the Night ~ The Magic Flute, Canadian Opera Company)
— The Globe and Mail
“Soprano Nikki Einfeld tossed off Rossini’s coloratura Una voce poco fa with an accuracy and musicality that made all the aria’s florid runs sound easy.”
— Jack Neals Music Reviews, Nevada Opera
