Stephanie Marshall

Canadian mezzo-soprano Stephanie Marshall made her Royal Opera debut in 2013 as Gwendolen Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest), a role she reprised in 2016. She has returned to sing Susannah (The Crackle) and Girl (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny).

Marshall studied at the Royal Academy of Music and was a Young Artist and later a Company Principal for English National Opera, where her roles included Wellgunde (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Sonya (War and Peace), Mercédès (Carmen), Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Annio (La clemenza di Tito), the title role in The Handmaid’s Tale and Kasturbai (Satyagraha). Her other operatic engagements include Arbate (Mitridate, re di Ponto) for Classical Opera Company and Nancy (Albert Herring) and Erika (Vanessa) for Pacific Opera Victoria.

Marshall has sung in concert with orchestras including the Hallé, English Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and has recorded contemporary works by composers including Barry, Michel van der Aa and Ruders.