Discipline: Theatre – playwriting

Deborah Voigt

Discipline: Theatre – playwriting
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2010

Deborah Voigt's success as an internationally recognized operatic soprano has been her calling card for nearly 20 years. Known as a Wagner and Strauss specialist, the American-born singer has broadened her repertoire in recent seasons to include such iconic Italian roles as Tosca, Gioconda, and Fanciulla del West. While she worked on projects which depart dramatically from her usual turns on the operatic stage, she also dutifully prepared her first Brunnhilde in a production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen, which she performed at the Metropolitan Opera in the spring of 2011.

Studios

Watson

Deborah Voigt worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

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