Heidi Stober
Vocalists
— Soprano
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Manager: William G. Guerri
Management Territory: Worldwide
Heidi Stober, almost stole the show as a feisty Atalanta, with an ample, agile, gleaming soprano. —Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
Heidi Stober, an HGO studio alumnus heard here in her most substantial role yet, sang and acted Atalanta with the confidence and vocal acumen of a veteran. She stole every scene and deliciously manipulated the audience from loving her to hating her and back again. —Marcus Karl Maroney, ConcertoNet.ncom
The Nanetta of young American Heidi Stober was vocally and optically perfect - her floating notes during 'Bocca baciata non perde ventura - Anzi rinova, come fa la luna' were of truly lunar beauty and effortlessly radiated into space. The same was true of the Fairy Queen's aria in the last scene. In this role Stober matches all her legendary predecessors on recordings - and that says a lot. —Kevin Clarke, Klassik.com
About
Soprano Heidi Stober is rapidly gaining recognition for her beautiful voice, exquisite musicianship and exciting presence on the operatic stage. She has received high praise for performances with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. For her performance in Plateé, Opera News said: “Only soprano Heidi Stober, as Folly, stood out vocally; her extended aria … was a musical and theatrical tour de force.”
Ms. Stober opens the 2009–2010 season with Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she . . . will perform Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and makes role debuts as Nanetta in Falstaff and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel. She sings the role of Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and appear as a soprano soloist in concert performances of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Oslo Philharmonic. In the spring, Ms. Stober will sing the role of Atalanta in Xerxes with Houston Grand Opera and concludes the season as Morgana in Alcina with Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile.
In the 2008–2009 season, Ms. Stober made her European debut with Deutsche Oper Berlin as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte where she was also heard as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and the Shepherd in a new production of Tannhäuser. She repeated The Shepherd on DOB’s tour to China, where she also performed in Der Rosenkavalier. She returned to Opera Colorado as Leila in The Pearl Fishers and made her company debut as Aminta in Il re pastore with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Concert engagements included performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Edo de Waart and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Baltimore Symphony.
During the 2007–2008 season, Ms. Stober made her New York debut with New York City Opera as Poppea in Handel’s Agrippina. She returned to Houston Grand Opera as Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and to The Santa Fe Opera as Tigrane in Handel’s Radamisto with Harry Bicket conducting. She returned to New York City Opera later in the season where she was heard as Soprano III in the Mark Morris Dance Company production of Purcell’s King Arthur. She was also heard as Carolina in Jonathan Miller’s production of Il matrimonio segreto at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her concert engagements for the season included performances at Lawrence University of Poulenc’s Gloria and concerts of Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate and selections from Handel’s Messiah with the Hong Kong Philarmonic.
