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Anna Stéphany

Mezzo-soprano

  • Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany has been praised for her stagecraft and “a superb, glowing, impassioned” voice. Stéphany was born in the North East of England and studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where she was a recipient of the Gold Medal, and the National Opera Studio. She represented England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and is a Kathleen Ferrier Award winner.

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  • Stéphany was a member of the ensemble at Opernhaus Zürich from 2012-2015, where she made her debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Further roles in Zürich include Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Siebel in Gounod’s Faust, Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann and Minerva in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria. Her close relationship with the house continued with guest appearances as Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Sesto in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Venus in Purcell’s King Arthur, Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther. One of Stéphany’s most coveted roles is Octavian in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, which she has performed in Zurich and at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Royal Swedish Opera, and with which she made her house debut at the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden. Other opera highlights include her role and company debut at the Opéra National de Paris as Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon, her debut at the Berlin Staatsoper as Idamante, returning as Dorabella, a return to Covent Garden as Hansel and Cherubino at the Semperoper Dresden.


    Further opera appearances have included Sesto in a live-streamed concert performance of La Clemenza di Tito, recorded with the Opéra de Rouen in collaboration with Alpha Classics, Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Annio in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Handel’s Theodora with Rias Kammerchor and the title role in Charpentier’s Médée for Chicago Opera. She made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Annio in La Clemenza di Tito, returning as La Musica and Speranza in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. She made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, which also formed part of the 2017 BBC Proms.


    On the concert platform Stéphany has appeared with some of the world’s finest orchestras working with conductors including Masaaki Suzuki, Harry Christophers, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon Rattle. Recent appearances include Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the Narodowe Forum Muzyki at the Berlioz Festival La-Côte-Saint-André, Zemlinsky’s Lieder von Nacht und Traum with the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Clemens Schuldt, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio conducted by Gianluca Capuano with Monte Carlo Opera and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the Klosters Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Enrico Onofri. She has also performed Bruckner’s Te Deum with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, Haydn Masses with RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, and Boulanger’s Psalm 130 with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival, with concerts in 2025/26 including Bruckner’s Te Deum with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Gerhard Markson and Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Choral Society at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

    2025/26 season / 556 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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Concert repertoire

BACH
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St Matthew Passion
St John Passion
Christmas Oratorio​


BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9​


BERIO
O King


​BERLIOZ
L’enfance Du Christ
Les Nuits D’été​


BRAHMS
Alto Rhapsody
Viola Songs​


BRUCKNER
Requiem​


CHAUSSON
Chanson Perpetuelle​


COPLAND
In the Beginning​


DELIUS
A Mass of Life​


DURUFLE
Requiem​


DUSAPIN
To Be Sung​


DVOŘÁK
Love Songs Op. 83​


ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius
Sea Pictures
The Light of Life
The Music Makers​


HANDEL
Dixit Dominus
La Lucrezia
Messiah
Solomon​


HAYDN
Nelson Mass
Arianna A Naxos
Harmoniemesse​


JANÁČEK
Glagolitic Mass​


MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rückert Lieder​


MENDELSSOHN
Elijah​


MOZART
Mass in C Minor
Mass in C
Requiem
Thamos, King of Egypt
Vespers
Concert Aria: Vado ma dove K.583
Concert Aria: Alma grande e nobil core K.578​


PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater​


PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky​


RAVEL
Shéhérazade​


ROSSINI
Petite Messe Solennelle​


SCHUMANN
Frauen Liebe Und Leben
Manfred Op. 115​


VIVALDI
Gloria​


ZEMLINSKY
6 Maeterlinck Lieder

Opera repertoire

BELLINI
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Romeo)​


BERLIOZ
Beatrice and Benedicte (Beatrice)


BIRTWISTLE
The Last Supper (Ghost)
The Mask Of Orpheus (Euridice Puppet/Persephone)​


BRITTEN
The Rape Of Lucretia (Lucretia)


CESTI
Orontea (Orontea)​


CHARPENTIER
Medée (Medée)​


DOVE
The Little Green Swallow (Smeraldina)​


GOUNOD
Faust (Siebel)


HANDEL
Theodora (Irene)
Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno (Piacere)
Ariodante (Ariodante)
Semele (Juno)
Alcina (Ruggiero)
Serse (Serse)
Giulio Cesare (Sesto) 


MARTINU
Juliette (Petit Arabe/1er Homme/Chasseur)​


MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola)


​MONTEVERDI
Il Ritorno D’ulisse In Patria (Minerva)
Orfeo (Euridice/Speranze/Proserpina)​
L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottavia, Nerone)


MOZART
La Clemenza Di Tito (Sesto, Annio, Vitelia*in preparation)
Idomeneo (Idamante)


OFFENBACH
La Chanson de Fortunio (Laurette/Marie)
Les Contes D’hoffmann (Nicklausse)​


PURCELL
Dido & Aeneas (Dido)​


RAVEL
L’heure Espagnole (Concepcion)
L’Enfance du Christ (Mère Marie)


SAARIAHO
L’amour De Loin (Pèlerin)​


R. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Octavian)​


THOMAS
Mignon (Mignon)


​WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (Wellgunde)


​WEIR
The Vanishing Bridegroom (Daughter)

"Anna Stéphany’s youthful, plush-voiced scamp of a Cherubino stood out from the crowd"

Hugh Canning, Operalogue , July 2023

"Anna Stéphany dispatches Sesto two arias with velvety tone and swaggering technical bravura – the celebrated Parto, parto with clarinet obbligato is the highlight of her outstanding performance"

Hugh Canning, Operalogue , November 2022

Intermusica represents Anna Stéphany worldwide

Camilla Wehmeyer
Associate Director, Vocal & Opera
+44 7973 614630
cwehmeyer@intermusica.com

Mary Donald
Associate Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9935
mdonald@intermusica.com

All artists

Contralto

Avery Amereau

Actor / Narrator

Amira Casar

Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles