WELCOME! This is a group dedicated to the amazing Deborah Voigt. Enjoy pictures, mp3s (including Deborah's role debut in Barcelona of La Gioconda!) and articles about America's favorite Diva. This Yahoo Group is not related to Ms. Voigt's official site www.deborahvoigt.com

Born outside of Chicago and raised in Southern California, Ms. Voigt attended Cal State in Fullerton and then participated in the Merola Program at the San Francisco Opera where she made her company debut as the Celestial Voice in Verdi's Don Carlo. She first attracted world attention by winning first prizes at the Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition (1988) and other competitions.

She received the coveted Richard Tucker Award in 1992. Since then she has become a leading dramatic soprano of her generation, praised for her lyricism and beauty of tone. Her breakthrough role was Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos which she sang in a Boston production earlier in the decade - a role she soon came to own.

Equally at home German opera as Sieglinde, Senta, Chrysothemis, Emperess and most recently Isolde, or in Italian opera as Aida, Amelia, Lady MacBeth or Tosca. She is as devoted to the concert platform as she is to the operatic stage and in addition has a number of successful recordings to her name.

This fall Ms. Voigt performs Ballo in San Francisco and her first onstage Salome in Chicago. Plan to attend!

In addition to Deborah Voigt mp3s, you will also find mp3s of recent live performances by international opera stars such as Renee Fleming and Jane Eaglan. This Yahoo Group is not related to Ms. Voigt's official site www.deborahvoigt.com. Visit her site for all the most recent, updated news on concerts and recordings.