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Stephanie Pfundt is a soprano, chamber musician, lyricist, and composer. She has garnered competition recognition with a 1st place win in the 2024 Seattle Opera Guild Competition, numerous prizes in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and as a quarterfinalist in the 2023 Elizabeth Connell Prize.
Pfundt’s 2023-24 season with Skyline Opera featured a series of scene performances in multiple roles, including Michaëla in Carmen, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, Salome in Herodiade, and the title roles in Thaïs and Alcina. In past seasons she conquered the role of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Ma Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up with Boston University’s Opera Institute. She sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro and Johanna in Sweeney Todd at Pacific Lutheran University as well as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte with the German Vocal Arts Institute. Her remaining 24-25 season includes two role debuts at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge, MA as Anna in Puccini's Le villi, and as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata.
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A devotee of poetry and chamber music, Stephanie recently toured the Pacific Northwest with longtime collaborative partner Reid Wolch, presenting a program of Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and classical improvisation. Her chamber music accolades include prizes in the 2019 and 2023 NATS Artist Award Competition. She was named the Ted Stevens Young Alaskan Artist in 2022 and as a result presented an award recital with the Anchorage Festival of Music. She has performed in masterclasses with luminaries such as Kathleen Kelly, Arlene Shrut, Tamera Wilson, and Warren Jones at the 2023 Source Song Festival, in collaboration with Iranian pianist, Soroush Sadeghi.
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Born into a commercial fishing family in Petersburg, Alaska, she spent many years on the water before attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington and obtaining her master’s in music from Boston University. A composer and lyricist, her debut song cycle, Ocean Airs for soprano and piano with extended techniques, secured her acceptance into a second master’s program in composition at Boston University. At the forefront of the classical improvisation movement, she believes in reclaiming creative agency for performers. Her 2024 collaboration with cellist Sebastian Baverstam resulted in the creation, production, and performance of WATERWOMAN, a twenty-minute improvised opera for soprano, piano, and electronics, epitomizing her bold and forward-thinking vision for contemporary classical music.
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