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soprano

Dramatic Soprano Elisabeth Stevens delivers impressive performances that have been featured in Philadelphia on Cbs news and Nbc10, and in New York City’s classical music radio station Wqxr.   Ms.Stevens has performed the title roles inAriadne auf Naxos, and Suor Angelica, as well as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, and the Witch in Hansel and Gretel.  Ms. Stevens excels in concert repertoire as well. She has been the soprano soloist in major concert works, including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, Handel’s Messiah, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Ms. Stevens also performed the world premiers of four new works for soprano on texts by Sonia Sanchez with the Network for New Music Ensemble.   Ms. Stevens is a recipient of several awards.   In 2009 she has claimed the top prize at the Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Cantanti Lirici “Riccardo Zandonai”, the Concorso Lirico Internazionale “Magda Olivero”,and  at the Concorso Internazionale “Alfredo Giacomotti”where she also won the audience prize.  She has also placed second this year in the Concorso Lirico “Giovanni Martinelli-Aureliano Pertile”. Last year, she won third place in the China International Voice Competition in Ningbo, China.  She also claimed second place as well as the audience prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico Rocca delle Macíe in Chianti, Italy in 2007.  In America, prizes she has won include The Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Vocal Competition, the Mario Lanza competition, the Paul Robeson Competition, the Concours lyrique des Heures musicales de Biot, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Society for Arts and Letters, and the Marian Anderson Historical Society. Her powerful voice has garnered invitations to sing at the Inaugural Celebration of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C.  Ms. Stevens is a true talent of great distinction.
In 2010 she sang in Riva del Garda the Strauss’ Last four songs with great success; later she won the Second Prize at Adami Corradetti Competition in Padua.
She will debute Ernani in November 2011 in Sassari.

Artist’s website:
http://www.elisabeth-stevens.com/