The previous season included anticipated role and company returns, as well as company debuts for Ms. Stonikas made a company debut with Arizona Opera as the title role in Tosca, returned to Seattle Opera as the High Priestess in Aida, and joined Cincinnati Opera as Senta in Der fliegende Höllander. She also joined the roster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago to cover the titular Turandot. Future seasons include a return to Seattle Opera as Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw and a debut with San Diego Opera, singing Gertrude in Hansel and Gretel. 8. Future seasons will include Getrude in Hansel and Gretel with San Diego Opera. This season the soprano returns to Seattle Opera as Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, and also joins the South Dakota Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. She was First Prize winner in the Wagner Division of the 2013 Gerda Lissner Foundational Vocal Competition, and was a finalist in Seattle Opera’s 2014 International Wagner Competition. Marcy Stonikas is a graduate of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) and Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at Seattle Opera, she performed the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos, whilst a member of the program.

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