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Heidi Stober
Soprano
Stunning audiences with her sterling lyric voice and incisive stage personality, American lyric soprano Heidi Stober has established herself as a house favourite at leading companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Since her critically acclaimed debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2008, Heidi has cultivated a long-standing relationship with the company, where recent roles include her debut as Eva Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gretel Hänsel und Gretel, Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Micaëla Carmen, Marguerite Faust and Oscar Un ballo in maschera. With a particular affinity for the Baroque, her appearances outside Berlin include Cleopatra Cesare at Houston Grand Opera, Dalinda Ariodante at the Chicago Lyric, title role Esther with Music of the Baroque, title role Semele for Garsington Opera and Angelica Orlando for San Francisco Opera. This season’s highlights include her role debut as Blanche Dialogues of the Carmelites for San Francisco Opera, Gretel for Chicago Lyric, Despina Così fan tutte for Hamburgische Staatsoper, Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro for Semperoper Dresden and Donna Elvira at Japan’s Hyogo Performing Arts Center.