Hailed by The Boston Globe as a "radiant mezzo,"  Stephanie Scarcella originates from Wyoming, but has gladly made New England her home since 2006.  

 

Stephanie has sung with Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Opera Company of Middlebury (VT), St. Petersburg Opera (FL), Arcadia Players, Longwood Opera, Opera on Tap, in addition to presenting solo vocal recitals and performing as a soloist in concert settings.

 

Past operatic roles for Stephanie include Angelina (La Cenerentola, Rossini), Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking, Jake Heggie), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck), Arsamene (Serse, Handel), Dorthee (Cendrillon, Massenet), Zita (Gianni Schicchi, Puccini), Zulma (L'Italiana in Algeri, Rossini), Maestra delle Novizie (Suor Angelica, Puccini), Pitti Sing (The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan) and Sally (A Hand of Bridge, Barber). 

 

Ms. Scarcella also finds great joy singing in the concert and recital setting.  She has sung solos for Carissimi’s Jepthe, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Zelenka's Magnificat, Johann David Heinichen's Missa Nr. 9 in D,  Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Great Organ Mass, Bach’s St. John Passion, Mozart's Requiem, Saint-Saens's Christmas Oratorio and Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.  Her recital work has included major works such as Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, Wolf's Italianishes Liederbuch, Bernstein's Peter Pan Songs Cabaret songs by William Bolcom, Brazilian folk songs with guitar by Laurindo Almeida, Vaughn Williams's Songs of Travel as well as a variety of selected songs from the English, French and German and Italian repertoires. She enjoyed singing her previous recital, Dream With Me, at Endicott College (Endicott, MA), Old North Church (Marblehead, MA) and as an invited guest through ARTORE in her hometown of Casper, Wyoming. In January 2016 she is presenting a recital with soprano Holly Cameron called "Heart and Soul: an eclectic collection of music that warms our hearts and stirs our souls."  

 

​Stephanie received her BM in Vocal Performance, and MM in Opera from The Boston Conservatory.  She was a New Orleans District Winner for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2011, and a Semi-Finalist (Young Artist (2013) and Graduate (2011) Levels) for the Classical Singer Magazine Competition in 2010.  

 

In addition to performing, Stephanie enjoys teaching private voice, as well as her time spent as a section leader at The Old North Church in Marblehead, MA.  Her hobbies and interests include yoga, developing a deeper understanding and knowledge of wine, and traveling and becoming more fluent in foreign languages.