Stephanie Piercey
soprano

 

 

Exceptional vocal beauty and an engaging artistry have made Stephanie Piercey a much sought-after performer. She made an outstanding debut in the title role of Opera in Concert's 1996 production of Massenet's Manon in the Jane Mallet Theatre in Toronto’s St Lawrence Centre for the Arts. At ease in concert, oratorio, and recital as well as opera, she has performed in Canada, the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. After covering the role of Leonora in the English National Opera’s production of Il Trovatore early in 2000, Stephanie became a favorite guest artist, singing a host of roles in their repertoire including Mimi, Butterfly, Female Chorus and Susannah in Kovanschina.

As a guest artist in the Czech Republic, Stephanie has performed Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Leonora (Il Trovatore) and Amelia (Un ballo in Maschera) at the Silesian State Opera and Usti State Opera. She reprised the role of Donna Anna in Geneva Switzerland at the Forum de Meyrin and has also been heard in recital at the Jugendstil Theater in Vienna in a series of recitals featuring the music of Richard Strauss.

Becoming known as a specialist in the Verdian repertoire Stephanie was featured as a guest artist replacing Katia Ricciarelli in a series of Verdi concerts, which took place in many of the most renowned concert halls in Germany. She performed in Munich at the Gasteig Philharmonie, Düsseldorf in the Tonhalle and the famed Berlin Philharmonic. Repertoire included arias from Aida, La forza del destino, Un ballo in maschera and excerpts from Il Trovatore. Stephanie had the privilege of singing Leonora to legendary Italian baritone, Piero Capuccili’s Count di Luna, which she did to critical acclaim.

In Canada Stephanie has performed with York Opera as Madama Butterfly and in solo recital at the St. Lawrence Hall, and the Glen Gould Theatre among other places. She performed the Mozart Requiem with the Coeur Polyphonique de Charlevoix at the Domaine Forget, Québec. She debuted the role of Fiordiligi at the West End Theatre in New York with Opera Domani.

As well as singing with the English National Opera, Stephanie has had the opportunity to sing the roles of Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Amelia (Un ballo in maschera) and Madama Butterfly with many smaller companies in the United Kingdom. She performed with renowned conductor Alexander Ingram at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Phoenix Orchestra as Lisa in the Queen of Spades and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin

Most recently, Stephanie sang the title role in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda for Opera in Concert to critical acclaim. She sang with the Musicians of the World symphony at the Centre Pierre-Péladeau and in an outstanding solo recital at Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville. She has expanded her repertoire to include Turandot (Turandot), Elizabetta (Don Carlos), Elsa (Lohengrin) and the magnificent Isolde (Wagner), all of which are beautifully suited to the qualities of her voice. Her discography includes Nocturne, Phoenix Records, a collection of the songs of Samuel Barber and Im Abendrot, the Bandeen Hall recital, featuring the Four Last Songs of Strauss.



SOUNDBYTES



Io son l'umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur - Cilea)



Pace, pace mio Dio (La Forza del Destino - Verdi)
 


In questa reggia (Turandot - Puccini)




 


REPERTOIRE

OPERA

 

BELLINI
Norma - Norma

BRITTEN
Ellen Orford - Peter Grimes
Female Chorus - Rape of Lucretia

DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena - Anna Bolena
Maria Stuarda - Maria Stuarda

MASCAGNI
Santuzza - Cavalleria Rusticana

MOZART
Fiordiligi - Cosi Fan Tutte
Donna Anna - Don Giovanni
Contessa - Le Nozze di Figaro
Vitellia - La Clemenza di Tito

MUSSORGSKY
Susannah - Kovanschina

PUCCINI
Cio Cio San - Butterfly
Manon - Manon Lescaut
Tosca - Tosca
Turandot - Turandot
 

STRAUSS, R.

Ariadne - Ariadne auf Naxos
Marschallin - Die Rosenkavalier
Chrysothemis - Elektra

TCHAIKOVSKY
Tatiana - Eugene Onegin
Lisa - Pique Dame

VERDI
Aida - Aida
Elizabetta - Don Carlos
Leonora - Il Trovatore
Leonora - La Forza del Destino
Desdemona - Otello
Amelia - Un Ballo in Maschera


WAGNER
Elsa - Lohengrin
Elizabeth - Tannhäuser
Sieglinde - Die Walküre
Isolde - Tristan und Isolde


CONCERT
 

BARBER
Hermit Songs
Knoxville 1915 Songs

BEETHOVEN
9th Symphony

BRAHMS
Requiem
various lieder

DEBUSSY
various songs
L"Enfant Prodigue

HANDEL
Judas Maccabeus
Messiah
Solomon

HAYDN
Creation

MENDELSSOHN
Elijah

MOZART
Exultate Jubilate
Missa Solemnis
Great Mass in C minor
various concert arias

RACHMANINOFF
various songs
 

SAINT - SAENS
Christmas Oratoria

SCHUBERT
various lieder

SCHUMANN
various lieder

STRAUSS, R.

Four Last Songs
various lieder

VERDI
Requiem

VIVALDI
Gloria

WOLF
various lieder

ENGAGED BY:
Choeur Polyphonique de Charlevoix
Durham Symphony
English National Opera

Kentish Opera
London Phoenix Orchestra
Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra
Opera in Concert



Opera Domani (New York)
Silesian State Opera
Symphonisches Orchester Zurich
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Troupe Lyrique Romande
(Switzerland)
Verdi Gala Opera Tours
in
Germany
Usti nad Labem State Opera
York Opera


 

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