Nia is a high lyric coloratura soprano. Based in Copenhagen Nia recently understudied Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos for the Royal Danish Opera and performed the role to much acclaim for the general rehearsal of the production. Also for the Royal Danish Theatre she has performed excerpts of Nixon in China (Madame Mao) featured as soprano soloist for Mendelssohn’s Hör mein Bitten on Danmarks Radio, as well as roles including La Cugina/ Madama Butterfly and Solo Handmaid/The Handmaid’s Tale.
Nia has performed in leading UK venues including the Royal Opera House, Wigmore Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Halls, Edinburgh Usher Hall and Snape Maltings. Fast gaining a reputation and demand for contemporary music, Nia has appeared in Hannah Kendall’s The Knife of Dawn (Royal Opera House) and the premiere of New Dark Age; the world premiere of the Elena Langer/Glynn Maxwell song cycle It’s Not You, It’s Me (Wigmore Hall); the world premiere of Spell Book (Longborough Festival Opera) in collaboration with RIOT Ensemble; the UK premiere of Svadba (Waterperry Opera Festival).
Nia’s extensive stage experience covers opera, music theatre and straight theatre, with her other roles including Kitty Hart/Dead Man Walking, Musetta/La bohème, Belinda/Dido and Aeneas, Bubikopf/Der Kaiser Von Atlantis and Maria/ West Side Story.