Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany has been praised for her stagecraft and “a superb, glowing, impassioned” voice.

Stéphany was born in the North East of England and studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where she was a recipient of the Gold Medal, and the National Opera Studio. She represented England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and is a Kathleen Ferrier Award winner. Stéphany was a member of the ensemble at Opernhaus Zürich from 2012-2015, where she made her debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

Further roles in Zürich include Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Siebel in Gounod’s Faust, Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann and Minerva in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria. Her close relationship with the house continued with guest appearances as Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Sesto in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Venus in Purcell’s King Arthur, Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther. One of Stéphany’s most coveted roles is Octavian in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, which she has performed in Zurich and at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Royal Swedish Opera, and with which she made her house debut at the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden. Other opera highlights include her role and company debut at the Opéra National de Paris as Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon, her debut at the Berlin Staatsoper as Idamante, returning as Dorabella, a return to Covent Garden as Hansel and Cherubino at the Semperoper Dresden. Further opera appearances have included Sesto in a live-streamed concert performance of La Clemenza di Tito, recorded with the Opéra de Rouen in collaboration with Alpha Classics, Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Annio in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Handel’s Theodora with Rias Kammerchor and the title role in Charpentier’s Médée for Chicago Opera. She made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Annio in La Clemenza di Tito, returning as La Musica and Speranza in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. She made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, which also formed part of the 2017 BBC Proms.

On the concert platform Stéphany has appeared with some of the world’s finest orchestras working with conductors including Masaaki Suzuki, Harry Christophers, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon Rattle. Recent appearances include Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the Narodowe Forum Muzyki at the Berlioz Festival La-Côte-Saint-André, Zemlinsky’s Lieder von Nacht und Traum with the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Clemens Schuldt, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio conducted by Gianluca Capuano with Monte Carlo Opera and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the Klosters Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Enrico Onofri. She has also performed Bruckner’s Te Deum with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, Haydn Masses with RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, and Boulanger’s Psalm 130 with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival, with concerts in 2025/26 including Bruckner’s Te Deum with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Gerhard Markson and Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Choral Society at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

See Anna Stéphany perform Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges on 27 & 28 March 2026.