Deborah Voigt Pens New Memoir

According to the NY Times, opera star Deborah Voigt is writing a memoir, currently titled 'True Confessions of a Down to Earth Diva.'  The biography will be published by HarperCollins in 2013. 

Voigt revealed in a statement: "It's time for me to step up and share my story because I know there are lots of other people, especially women, who are out there suffering in silence." Jonathan Burnham, the publisher of HarperCollins, called the book an "unbelievably honest narrative of a woman caught in a dangerous cycle of addiction and illness who overcame her demons in an utterly triumphant way." 

To read the full article, click here.

Deborah Voigt is one of the world's leading dramatic sopranos, internationally revered for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. She is also noted for her portrayals of such popular Italian operatic parts as Tosca, Aida, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, and Leonora in La forza del destino. An active recitalist and performer of Broadway standards, Voigt has an extensive discography, and has given many enthusiastically received master classes. 

Deborah Voigt studied at California State University at Fullerton. She was a member of San Francisco Opera's Merola Program, and won both the Gold Medal in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Competition and First Prize at Philadelphia's Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition. Voigt is a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and was Musical America's Vocalist of the Year 2003. In 2007 she won an Opera News Award for distinguished achievement, and in 2009 she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Carolina.