Lyric coloratura soprano, Hannah Stephens, is a young performer, newly
establishing herself in the Bay area. Miss Stephens recently made her West Bay
Opera debut singing the role of Cecilia in their workshop production of The
Last Tycoon, a new opera based on the last unfinished novel by F. Scott
Fitzgerald. Some highlights of her recent operatic career were the role of Nella
(Gianni Schicchi) with the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and
Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), which she performed
in Weimar, Germany. With the University of New Mexico, Miss Stephens sang
the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) and Despina (Cosi fan tutte). Miss
Stephens was selected by the opera department of the Jacobs School to sing
both Königen der Nacht arias from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, in educational
publicity concerts in Bloomington, Indiana.Hannah has performed as the
soprano soloist in many concerts, including Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2
and Villas-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras. She performed the US premiere of
Lorenzo Palomo’s Mi jardín solitario. Born in the United Kingdom, Miss
Stephens is a dual citizen and attended Indiana University for her MM and the
University of New Mexico for her BM.