Heidi Stober

Soprano Heidi Stober is gaining recognition not only for her beautiful voice but also for her exciting presence on the operatic stage. She has received praise for her performances with companies including The Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera and Boston Lyric Opera.

The 2006/07 season was marked with a series of celebrated débuts for Stober, starting with Boston Baroque where she sang the role of Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni. She continued with her début at Opera Colorado as Pamina in The Magic Flute where she also sang Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera later in the season. Her performances of Oscar with Boston Lyric Opera were hailed by Opera News as "vocally scintillating, brilliant... simply magnificent." On the concert stage, Stober appeared as soloist with the Houston Ballet in Orff's Carmina Burana and with the Houston Symphony in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem under Hans Graf. She ended the season singing Rameau's Platée for her début at The Santa Fe Opera. She appeared at Wolf Trap Opera in summer 2006 where she sang both the Comtesse in Rossini's Le Comte Ory and Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro.

Stober has sung multiple performances with Houston Grand Opera, including the roles of Xenia in Boris Godunov, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Norina in Don Pasquale. She has also performed at Central City Opera, Milwaukee Opera Theater and Utah Symphony and Opera.

Stober begins the 2007/08 season with her début at New York City Opera with Handel’s Agrippina. She will be heard at Lawrence University as soloist in Poulenc's Gloria and joins Houston Grand Opera in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. She returns to New York City Opera in the spring for Purcell's King Arthur.

Heidi Stober is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and Lawrence University; and was also the recipient of the Stephen Shrestinian Award for Excellence for her performances in Boston Lyric Opera's Die Fledermaus.