Stacey Tappan
Stacey Tappan is an American coloratura soprano.
Tappan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Pasadena, California. Both her parents are instrumental musicians.
She studied in the voice program at Chapman University in Orange, California, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard in New York City. While at the Manhattan School and Juilliard, she studied with Cynthia Hoffmann. Tappan continued her professional training in the Young Artist Program at Santa Fe Opera, the University of Miami in Salzburg program, the
Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Wolf Trap Opera Company, and the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago.
She has sung as a soloist with The Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Bangkok Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Glimmerglass Opera, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, and many regional opera houses. She notably portrayed the role of Beth in the Houston Grand Opera's production of Mark Adamo's Little Women which was broadcast on PBS's Great Performances in 2001.
Partial discography
- Little Women: An Opera in Two Acts Ondine 2001
External references
Category:Living people
Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni
Category:American operatic sopranos
Category:Chapman University alumni
Category:Singers from Boston
Category:Musicians from Pasadena, California
Category:Singers from California
Category:Juilliard School alumni
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:Classical musicians from California
Category:Classical musicians from Massachusetts
Category:Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation competition winners