Anne Marie Stanley
Mezzo-soprano
Season Highlights
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Role and house debut as the title in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at Snape Maltings and The Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre
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Role and main stage debut as Third Wood Spirit in Dvořák's Rusalka at The Royal Opera House
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First Prize winner in the 2023 Loren L. Zachary Vocal Competition
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Role debut as The Austrian Woman in John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Career Highlights
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2022 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Vocal Competition
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Role and house debut as the title in Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at Snape Maltings and The Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre
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Main Stage debut as Third Wood Spirit in Rusalka at The Royal Opera House
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Cover of lead role Thurza in The Wreckers at Glyndebourne Festival
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Grand Finalist in the 2020 Vincerò World Singing Competition
Biographical Info
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Born on November 20, 1991
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Raised in Princeton, New Jersey
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Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College
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Master of Music in Voice Performance from Rice University
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Resident Artist at Academy of Vocal Arts 2019-2022
Anecdotes
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Began undergraduate studies as a theatre major
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Studied Laban movement and notation
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Very active and athletic especially in HIIT programs
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Favorite podcast is This Jungian Life
Critical Acclaim
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As Lucretia, Anne Marie Stanley owns the stage (she covered Thurza in Glyndebourne’s recent The Wreckers, incidentally); her voice is powerful yet can usher in the most remarkable vulnerability and indeed, emotional pain as the work hurtles towards its tragic conclusion. -Seen and Heard International
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Anne Marie Stanley had the sort of deep mezzo voice that sends shivers down the spine in moments of tragedy. -Plays to See
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As Lucretia, mezzo-soprano Anne Marie Stanley sang with luscious tone and vivid dramatic presence -Opera Today
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Stanley fully inhabits the role by taking the audience on a dramatic journey from her initial privileged complacency to a deranged self-loathing -London Unattached
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Singing Lucretia, Anne Marie Stanley’s rich mezzo-soprano voice seems to come all the way up from her heart. -Culture Whisper
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The story of the Austrian Woman (sung phenomenally by Anne Marie Stanley) was gripping. -Trouw
