Sheila Nadler impresses audiences with her powerful stage presence and a contralto voice of uncommon richness. An artist of eclectic achievements, her repertory ranges from the Baroque, such as Handel’s Giulio Cesare (La Monnaie) to premieres of contemporary works, such as Bernstein’s A Quiet Place (La Scala), Adam’s The Death of Klinghoffer (La Monnaie), Lang’s Modern Painters (Santa Fe and San Francisco) and Gohr’s Arianna (Covent Garden),as well as Klytemnestra in Elektra in Paris, Toulouse, Santiago and Seattle. In the 2009-10 season, Ms. Nadler returned to the San Francisco Opera as the Duchess in La Fille du Regiment and appeared as Grandmother Buryja in Janacek’s Jenufa with the Bordeaux Opera.