Nina Mutalifu is a New York–based Uyghur soprano, praised by Opera News for her “shimmering lyric soprano voice of fine quality.”

 

Her concert appearances have taken her to venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Kaufman Music Center.

 

She made her Carnegie Hall debut as a winner of the 2019 Talents of the World International Voice Competition.

 

Ms. Mutalifu made her professional debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

She has also appeared as Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Boyer Opera.

 

Her additional roles include the title role in Dvořák’s Rusalka, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte

 

 

Ms. Mutalifu received her B.M. in Voice Performance from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and her M.M. in Opera from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance.

 

She has been invited to participate in programs including the Opera Fuoco Baroque Music Festival, the Georg Solti Accademia (NCPA), and the Renata Scotto Opera Program.

 

She was a 2019–2020 District Winner (Michigan & Illinois) of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

 

She has appeared as a soloist with the Refugee Orchestra Project in collaboration with Chicago Opera Theater, and was a Studio Artist at the Aspen Music Festival.

 

Ms. Mutalifu made her role debut as Sieglinde (Die Walküre) with the Miami Music Festival Wagner Institute.

 

She also covered the title role in Zorro (Héctor Armienta) with Opera San José.

 

Recently, she appeared as Lisa in The Queen of Spades with Bel Cantanti Opera, and was featured in concert at Opera America, presenting a program of Eurasian repertoire.

 

Her upcoming engagements include a concert performance of Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) in New York City at Madison Avenue Baptist Church.