Studio Voice

of Technology in New Zealand, under the tutelage of Anne Reissar, then taking up a scholarship at the Australian National University to work with highly sought after voice teacher, Anthea Moller. Stephanie then went on to establish herself as a performer and teacher of note in Sydney. Through this time she featured as soprano soloist for a range of organisations, including the Sydney Town Hall, Sydney Opera House, and the Sydney Philharmonia Choir and Orchestra. Having performed as the featured soloist extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand, and in addition Italy, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and other parts of South East Asia, highlight performances include appearances with the Vietnamese National Symphony Orchestra at the Hanoi Opera House, the Angkor Wat Temples in Cambodia, the role of Kitty Hart with Alexander Productions Sydney premiere season of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking with Teddy Tahu-Rhodes, the Gala Recital of the NZ International Cello Festival, singing Bachianas Brasileiras No 5. by Villa-Lobos, the Italian tour and CD recording of Michael Williams’ Juniper Passion, soprano soloist for Bach Musica NZ, with their presentation of Mendelssohn’s “Hear My Prayer”, and Psalm 42, held at the Auckland Town Hall. Performances with NZ Opera include the role of Fiordiligi in the NZ National tour of Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte, and the premiere of Michael Williams’ opera The Prodigal Child in the role of Mary. Other roles include The Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Nedda in Leoncavallo’s I, Pagliacci, Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, Antonia and Giulietta in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman. Also a keen lieder and art song recitalist, Stephanie recently performed solo recitals with pianist Liam Wooding at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts (NZ). Stephanie and Liam have also recently completed a CD recording of the complete William Bolcom Cabaret Songs, under the Rattle music label. As her alter ego, Stephanie has performed as jazz soloist in such locations as the Kunahura Resorts Easter Festival (Maldives), The Peace Hotel (Shanghai), Raffles Hotel (Singapore and Cambodia), Burg Kalifa (Dubai), Marina Bay Sands (Singapore), Inter-Continental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort (Vietnam), Inter-Continental Hotel Natadola (Fiji), and in classical, cabaret and jazz contexts with the New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Auckland Arts Festival, CubaDupa Festival, Sydney Festival, and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. A sought after teacher of voice, Stephanie works with singers and actors on vocal production and technique, and stagecraft. She held the position as Senior Lecturer and Head of Voice/Head of Performance at the Waikato University Conservatorium of Music from 2016 – 2021 seeing great successes with the artists she worked with. During this time she directed and produced many productions, including the highly successful season of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann in 2020. Stephanie recently took up the position as Artistic Director for Adelaide’s Co-Opera company. To make contact regarding booking Stephanie for singing and performing work, or as a consultant or producer, please send your email to: [email protected]