Anne Marie Stanley
Mezzo-soprano
Season Highlights
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Metropolitan Opera debut as Lorca (cover) in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar
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Role and House debut as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Hannover 2025
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Role and house debut as Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma with Palm Beach Opera 2024
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Role and house debut as Kate Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Opera Philadelphia 2024
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Role and house debut as Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto with Royal Opera House Japan Tour 2024
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In recital with Luke Housner performing works by De Falla, Massenet, Britten, and Berg as part of Opera Philadelphia Festival O23 Series
Career Highlights
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2022 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Vocal Competition
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1st Prize Winner of the Loren L. Zachary Society in Beverly Hills, California
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Role and house debut as the title in Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at Snape Maltings and The Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre
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Main Stage debut as Third Wood Spirit in Dvořák's Rusalka at The Royal Opera House
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Grand Finalist (1 of 12 singers selected) in the 2021 Vincerò World Singing Competition
Biographical Info
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Born on November 20, 1991
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Raised in Princeton, New Jersey
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Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College
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Master of Music in Voice Performance from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
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Resident Artist at Academy of Vocal Arts 2019-2022
Anecdotes
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Began undergraduate studies as a theatre major with emphasis in Shakespeare plays
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Studied Laban movement and notation
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Took dance lessons regularly in modern, jazz, with some ballet and tap until beginning of undergraduate studies
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Very active and athletic especially in HIIT programs
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Favorite podcast is This Jungian Life
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Dog mom of a miniature Yorkshire terrier named Rosie
Critical Acclaim
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As Lucretia, Anne Marie Stanley owns the stage (she covered Thurza in Glyndebourne’s recent The Wreckers, incidentally); her voice is powerful yet can usher in the most remarkable vulnerability and indeed, emotional pain as the work hurtles towards its tragic conclusion. -Seen and Heard International
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Anne Marie Stanley had the sort of deep mezzo voice that sends shivers down the spine in moments of tragedy. -Plays to See
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As Lucretia, mezzo-soprano Anne Marie Stanley sang with luscious tone and vivid dramatic presence -Opera Today
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Stanley fully inhabits the role by taking the audience on a dramatic journey from her initial privileged complacency to a deranged self-loathing -London Unattached
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Singing Lucretia, Anne Marie Stanley’s rich mezzo-soprano voice seems to come all the way up from her heart. -Culture Whisper
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The story of the Austrian Woman (sung phenomenally by Anne Marie Stanley) was gripping. -Trouw
