Heidi Stober

American soprano Heidi Stober, who Opera News exclaimed is a “distinctly American lyric soprano that makes the rest of the world listen” is enjoying an international career with a crystalline voice and method-like commitment to stage acting. She last appeared with Music of the Baroque in February 2018.

In the 2024/25 season, Heidi Stober will make her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden singing her acclaimed portrayal of Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, as well as appearances at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Zdenka in Arabella, Pat Nixon in Nixon in China, the Semperoper Dresden as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and the title role in Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots with English National Opera. In concert, Ms. Stober will debut with the San Francisco Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Esa-Pekka Salonen, perform Mozart’s Requiem with the Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland with Roberto González-Monjas, Pamina with Sir Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In solo recital, she will appear at the Oxford International Song Festival, the New England Conservatory in Jordan Hall, at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and with the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago.

In the 2023/24 season, Heidi Stober returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La bohème, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, premiered a new production of Nixon in China as Pat Nixon with Deutsche Oper Berlin, in addition to performances of Gretel, and sang the title role of Rahel in Detlev Glanert’s world premiere opera, Die Jüdin von Toledo at the Semperoper Dresden in a production by Robert Carsen. Also at Dresden, she sang performances of Pamina and debuted with Opernhaus Zürich in Andreas Homoki’s production of Sweeney Todd as Johanna. In concert, she performed Mozart’s Requiem at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by music director Enrique Mazzola. In Boston, she performed in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Boston Baroque and sang Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass on tour in Spain with Omer Meir Wellber and the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Originally from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Heidi Stober attended Lawrence University and the New England Conservatory. She continued professional training as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and resides in Berlin.

Heidi Stober sings the role of Euridice in Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice on September 14 & 15