Stacey Canterbury, soprano
Title role in
Tosca
Stacey Canterbury, originally from Charleston, West Virginia, moved to Colorado when she sang with the Opera Colorado Outreach Ensemble. While in Colorado she has sung with Opera Theatre of the Rockies in the Singer's Mozart, Opera Fort Collins, The Black Box Opera Company singing Fiordiligi in Così fan Tutte, Colorado Music Festival singing the soprano soloist part in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream and Mimi in La Bohème (Excerpts) with the Denver Opera Company. Last Year she sang with Sarasota Opera in their distinguished Studio Artist. Before Ms. Canterbury came to Colorado, she was singing for four years with Tri-Cities Opera where she sang the roles of Marguerite in Faust, Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, Musetta in La Bohème, Micaëla in Carmen, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Gianetta in L'Elisir d'Amore. In Oratorio she has been soprano soloist in Carmina Burana and Dubois' Seven Last Words. Ms. Canterbury has also performed many Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the Summer Savoyards, including Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore, Casilda in The Gondoliers, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and Aline Sangazure in The Sorcerer. Her awards include the 2004 Finalist in Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition, 2003 Finalist in Metropolitan Opera Colorado/Wyoming District Finals, TCO Guild Scholarship Award, Adele Bernstein Award and several NATS First Place Awards.
