Anna Stéphany

Anna Stéphany was educated as an undergraduate at King's College London and later gained a MMus in Singing from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied with Susan McCulloch. She joined the National Opera Studio in September 2005.

Anna is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including, in 2005, the first prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, the GSMD Gold Medal, the Clonter Opera Prize and the prestigious Joaninha Trust Award.

Anna is grateful to the Musician's Benevolent Fund, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, The Leche Trust and The Carpenters' Company for their support.

Anna's operatic roles include Smeraldina The Little Green Swallow, Concepçion L'heure espagnole, the title role in Mignon by A Thomas and Marcellina The Marriage of Figaro at the Guildhall and Juno Semele for British Youth Opera at the QEH in September '04. In opera scenes Romeo I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Juno Semele, Nancy Albert Herring, Kate Owen Wingrave, Sifare Mitridate and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden (Spring). Anna sang with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in 2002 and 2003.

Anna has appeared with numerous choral societies including The Bach Choir, Holst Singers, Highgate Choral Society and The Philharmonia Chorus. In November 2003 she was the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall under David Willcocks. She performed her first Angel/The Dream of Gerontius in Exeter Cathedral with Adrian Thompson and Michael George in May 2004. She has appeared in master-classes with Graham Johnson, Emma Kirkby, David Willcocks and Malcolm Martineau. Recital work includes a recital of Brahms, Wolf and Hahn for the New London Orchestra series and Die schöne Magelone at Hampstead Parish Church, both with pianist Jonathan Beatty.

Future engagements include Dorabella for British Youth Opera, Samling Foundation Masterclasses with Thomas Allen and Felicity Palmer, Mozart's Coronation Mass in Prague with Brian Kay and Messiah for the London Handel Society and for the Orchestra of St Johns.