Anna Stéphany
Mezzo-soprano
Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany was born in the north-east of England and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the National Opera Studio. She represented England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and is a Kathleen Ferrier Award winner, as well as a former member of the Zurich Opera ensemble (2012–15). One of her most coveted roles is Octavian in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, which she sang at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Royal Swedish Opera, and for which made her house debut at the Royal Opera House. Notable appearances elsewhere have included Prince Charmant Cendrillon for the Opéra national de Paris, Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro for Semperoper Dresden and The Royal Opera, and Sesto Giulio Cesare for the Glyndebourne Festival and the Opéra de Rouen. She has sung in concert with some of the world’s finest orchestras and period instrument ensembles, in repertory ranging from Bach to Judith Weir, and recorded for CD and DVD.
In the 2023-24 season Anna sings Idamante Idomeneo in her Berlin Staatsoper debut, returns to the Royal Opera House as Hansel Hansel and Gretel conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, and reprises the role of Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro at the Semperoper Dresden. In concert she sings Bruckner’s Te Deum with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, and Haydn Masses with RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by Justin Doyle.