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Anna Stéphany
Mezzo-Soprano
Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany has been praised for her stage-craft and “a superb, glowing, impassioned” voice. Anna was a member of the ensemble at the Opernhaus Zurich for 2012-15, where her roles have included Charlotte Werther, Romeo I Capuleti, Hansel Hansel und Gretel and Idamante Idomeneo. As Octavian Der Rosenkavalier she has appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre, Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Opera House, as Dorabella Cosi fan Tutte at the Bayerische Staatsoper and as Sesto Giulio Cesare at the Glyndebourne Festival.
Anna’s debut solo recording Black is the Colour alongside the Labyrinth Ensemble was released in 2018 on Alpha Classics, and won critical acclaim.
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Stéphany sings Mendelssohn in Paris
Anna Stéphany joins the Orchestra National de France for a live broadcast recording of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Auditorium de Radio France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru. Anna sings alongside soprano Christina Landshamer and with Éric Ruf reciting, in a programme also featuring Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’.
The recording will take place on the 13 January 2021 at 8pm, and will be broadcast live on France Musique.
Visit the Maison de la Radio website for more information.
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Repertoire Includes
Concert
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
BELLINI
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Romeo)
BIRTWISTLE
The Last Supper (Ghost)
The Mask Of Orpheus (Euridice Puppet/Persephone)
BRITTEN
Albert Herring (Nancy)
The Rape Of Lucretia (Lucretia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia)
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)
MARTINU
Juliette (Petit Arabe/1er Homme/Chasseur)
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola)
MONTEVERDI
Il Ritorno D’ulisse In Patria (Minerva)
Orfeo (Euridice/Speranze/Proserpina)
MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (Dorabella)
La Clemenza Di Tito (Sesto/Annio)
Idomeneo (Idamante)
Le Nozze Di Figaro (Cherubino)
OFFENBACH
La Chanson de Fortunio (Laurette/Marie)
Les Contes D’hoffmann (Nicklausse)
PURCELL
Dido & Aeneas (Dido)
RAVEL
L’heure Espagnole (Concepcion)
ROSSINI
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rosina)
La Cenerentola (Cenerentola)
La Donna Del Lago (Elena)
SAARIAHO
L’amour De Loin (Pelerin)
STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus (Orlofsky)
R. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Octavian)
THOMAS
Mignon (Mignon)
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (Wellgunde)
WEIR
The Vanishing Bridegroom (Daughter)
Selected Discography
Press
handel GUILIO CESARE / glyndebourne festival
‘Anna Stéphany’s exquisitely poised account of Sesto’s “Cara speme” […] the evening’s vocal highlight.’
Rupert Christiansen, the Telegraph (June 2018)
‘Patricia Bardon’s Cornelia is a grandly tragic creation, while Anna Stéphany’s Sesto has a flame-like fury; the beauty of the solos and duets by these very contrasting mezzos makes time stand still.’
Michael Church, The Independant (June 2018)
Eine Schumannaide / Heidelberger Frühling with pianist Sholto Kynoch
‘Anna S. brought [the Schumann songs] to life with an open mezzo soprano which carried the words far and wide into the venue. Every vowel was exploited in its full breadth and with light colouring. She succeeded in gracefully forming the words, all imbedded in melodious lines and possessing a childlike sense of wonder… in further songs from “Myrten”, such as the Hochlaender-Witwe, every word sung she sang, in any register, could be clearly understood, so that even her literary interpretation became audible.’
Simon Scherer, Feuilleton (April 2018)
Black is The Colour / Labyrinth Ensemble, Alpha Classic CD
‘showcasing the beguiling talents of Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany, […] There is no doubt here that Stéphany’s is a highly trained voice […] Stéphany is utterly entrancing, savouring each syllable so that her characterisation of each song builds wonderfully form the text.’
BBC Music Magazine (April 2018)
Mozart LA CLEMENZA DI TITO / Glyndebourne Festival
“But the evening’s undoubted star was Anna Stéphany – a slender and youthful Sesto, touchingly full of angst and remorse, dispatching both his/her big arias with terrific élan and immaculate technical control.”
Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph (July 2017)
“Stéphany trawls Sesto’s emotional and moral anguish with tragic intensity. Her technique is also formidable: Parto, Parto is simply breathtaking.”
Tim Ashley, The Guardian (July 2017)
“The stars, however, are the women. Anna Stéphany is a revelation as Sesto. She looks terrific as a handsome boy, and her voice is lithe, clear and expressive.”
Richard Morrison, The Sunday Times (July 2017)
“Stéphany proved the sensation of the night, singing with a thrilling edge and admirable dexterity.”
Stephan Pritchard, The Guardian (July 2017)
