Stephanie Marshall is a
Canadian operatic
mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...
.
Marshall was educated at the
Schulich School of Music of
McGill University, Montreal, and at the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
in London, where she was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Excellence.
Marshall is a company principal at the
English National Opera in London and made her
Royal Opera debut in 2013 as "Gwendolen Fairfax" in ''
The Importance of Being Earnest''. She has sung in concert with orchestras including
The Hallé,
English Chamber Orchestra,
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra ensemble based in Cambridge, UK. It was created in 1992, following an initiative from Eastern Arts and a number of key figures including Nicholas Cleobury, who recognised the need for an orchestra in the ...
and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra. Marshal is also a winner of the
Kathleen Ferrier Award
The Kathleen Ferrier Award is a prestigious contest for Opera singers held each April in London, England. The first competition was held in 1956. According to the '' Telegraph'', the competition has a record of "spotting winners".
Originally c ...
.
Opera
Marshall's roles include:
* Cherubino in Mozart's ''
The Marriage of Figaro
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'' at the
English National Opera (ENO)
* Annio in Mozart's ''
La Clemenza di Tito'' at the ENO
* The Handmaid in Phyllida Lloyd's ''
The Handmaid′s Tale'' (ENO and Canadian Opera Company)
* Kasturbai in Philip Glass's ''
Satyagraha
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'' (ENO)
* Nancy in Benjamin Britten's ''
Albert Herring'' (
Pacific Opera Victoria).
* Gwendolen in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (
Royal Opera House)
* Wellgunde in Wagner's ''
Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (ENO)
* Sonya in Prokofiev's ''
War and Peace'' (ENO)
* Erika in Samuel Barber's ''
Vanessa'' (
Pacific Opera Victoria).
* Mercédès in Bizet's ''
Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
'' (ENO)
* Susannah in Matthew Herbert's ''
The Crackle'' (Royal Opera House)
* Girl in Kurt Weill's ''
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' (Royal Opera House)
Recordings
* Gerald Barry - ''The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant'' ;
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra,
Gerhard Markson (conductor). Label: Discovery Music & Vision)
Awards
* 2001 Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Canadian women opera singers
Canadian operatic mezzo-sopranos
McGill University School of Music alumni
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music