British Soprano Stephanie Hershaw was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Landestheater Detmold 2021-23. Recent engagements include Zerlina/Don Giovanni, Romilda/Xerxes, Marie/Frau Luna, Zwangsarbeiterin/Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Kate Pinkerton/Madame Butterfly. As well as this, Stephanie made her debut with West Green House Opera as Suzanne in Offenbach’s Robinson Crusoe.
During the 23/24 season, Stephanie will make her house debut with Garsington Opera, as she returns to the role of Barbarina/Le nozze di Figaro. As well as this, Stephanie will cover and make her role debut as Susanna in the Opera First performance of Le nozze di Figaro with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Stephanie will also make a role and house debut with Danish National Opera as Lenio in The Greek Passion.
During the 21/22 season, Stephanie sang the roles of Celia/Silla with the Northern Opera Group, Najade/Ariadne auf Naxos, Flora/The Turn of the Screw, Barbarina/Le Nozze di Figaro and Carlotta/Bär – a new work based on the music of Cavalli’s La Calisto – with the Landestheater Detmold.
Stephanie was recently awarded a Theaterpreis for her time working at the Landestheater Detmold over the past two seasons. As well as this, a Stephanie was invited to take part in the Neue Stimmen: Masterclass Series 2023/24. Stephanie was selected as an Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Artist 2024.
Stephanie is a Master’s graduate with First Class Honours from the Royal College of Music, London. During her studies at the RCM, Stephanie was generously supported by the Midori Nishiura scholarship. Prior to this, Stephanie studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Stephanie was a Leeds Lieder Young Artist 2019 and a Countess of Munster Recital Artist 2019-20 & 2020-21. Stephanie has sung Amore/L’Egisto with Hampstead Garden Opera, Papagena/The Magic Flute with Waterperry Opera Festival, Virtue/The Choice of Hercules with Benslow Music and Lauretta/Gianni Schicchi with St Paul’s Opera.
Last summer, Stephanie performed various recitals as a soloist; collaborating with The Brodsky Quartet as part of the Dante Music Festival and was invited to perform a recital as part of the Leicester Music Festival. Stephanie was also invited to take part in an episode of Rick Stein's Cornwall: Series 2 with the BBC, which was aired on BBC 2 in January 2022.
During her time at conservatoire, Stephanie performed the roles of Seleuce/Tolomeo, Bellezza/L’Egisto and Zima/Les Indes Galantes in Opera Scenes in the Britten Theatre, Stephanie also performed the roles of Tiny/Paul Bunyan and Second Niece/Peter Grimes in Opera Scenes with Opera Dd’raigg. As well as this, Stephanie was invited to take part in a masterclass as part of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Fringe Events, performing the role of Frasquita in scenes from Carmen.
Recent competition successes include being awarded 1st prize in Flat Pack Music's Opera Competition 2021, a Maureen Lehan 2021 Finalist & Prize Winner, a Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin Finalist 2022, a Camille Coloratura Finalist 2020, a London Handel Competition Semi-Finalist 2019 and a Concours Corneille Semi-Finalist 2019.
