Photo of Stacey Mastrian by Katya Chilingiri (c) 2007 Stacey Mastrian, soprano
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"a sweet, shimmering soprano" - The Washington Post

"versatile and passionate" - Der Tagesspiegel

"effortless mastery" - Neues Deutschland

"Very impressive, the American soprano Stacey Mastrian sang with tremendous ease and beauty." - Berliner Zeitung

Soprano Stacey Mastrian is a Fulbright Grantee and Beebe Fellow whose voice has been hailed as "sweet and agile” (The Washington Post), with the ability to hold audiences "rapt" (The Washington City Paper).  She has won prizes from the American Bach Society, Maryland Opera Society, Mu Phi Epsilon, and Vocal Arts Society, among others, and she is a Richard F. Gold Career Grant recipient.  Her repertoire ranges from late Renaissance to contemporary, and her performances have been broadcast internationally via television, radio, and the internet.  Ms. Mastrian is a specialist in 20th-century Italian vocal music.

Upcoming Performances

  • Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with the Washington Savoyards
  • Larry Moss's dramatic piece Unseen Leaves for soprano, oboe, and tape
  • World premieres of several new works

Recent Performances

  • Luigi Nono's music with live electronics in Venice, under the direction of André Richard and with the Experimentalstudio from Freiburg
  • Luigi Nono's Canti di vita e d'amore: sul ponte di Hiroshima at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, under the baton of Lothar Zagrosek
  • Sidonie, Bergère, & Lucinde in Gluck's Armide with Opera Lafayette and the Maryland Opera Studio

Stacey as Gilda, dying in the arms of Rigoletto, played by Jason Stearns