Fletcher Artist Management represents Stephanie Wake-Edwards in North America. For inquiries elsewhere, please contact Sam Snook at IMG Artists.
British mezzo-soprano/contralto Stephanie Wake-Edwards, called “richly expressive” by The Times is a winner of the Concours Bordeaux Médoc Lyrique, a graduate of the presitigous Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden, England’s representative for the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, and a current ensemble member of the Deustche Oper Berlin. Though she will be on maternity leave, highlights of this season at Deutsche Oper Berlin include 3rd Lady in Die Zauberflöte, and with BBC Scottish Symphony, Madame Lena in Sir Simon Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs. Kong, which will also be recorded for release.
Ms. Wake-Edwards’ performances of the 2025/26 season at Deutsche Oper Berlin included Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Barbara in Violanta, a new production, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3rd Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, La Badessa in Suor Angelica, Floßhilde in Götterdämmerung, Grimgerde in Die Walküre, Maddalena in Rigoletto, 1st Magd in Elektra, Eine Stimme in Parsifal, and Widow Browe in Csar and Carpenter. Elsewhere, Ms. Wake-Edwards appeared with the Dresden Philharmonie and Sir Donald Runnicles as 1st Magd in Elektra, Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the Proms, the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Anna in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with Opera Prelude at Opera Holland Park in London.
Recent operatic highlights include Polina in Queen of Spades and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Garsington Opera, the latter featuring in a concert performance as part of the BBC Proms; Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with English National Opera; Third Nymph in Rusalka at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Ino in a new production of Semele at Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Anna in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins at the Teatro Colón in Argentina; and Javotte in Manon with Staatsoper Hamburg. Since becoming a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble in 2024, Ms. Wake Edwards has also performed the title role in Carmen, La Marchesa Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims, the Page in Salome, and more. While at the Royal Ballet and Opera, she performed Anna in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, filmed for streaming release, Flora in La traviata and Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte.
In concert, she has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Semyon Bychkov at the Royal Festival Hall in London, Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater at the Grafenegg Festival in Austria, Messiah in Dubai with the Astana Symphony Orchestra, as well as recitals at Wigmore Hall, Opéra national de Bordeaux and Oxford Lieder Festival.
Ms. Wake-Edwards recently recorded selections of Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) at the Mendelssohn house in Leipzig, including some works never before recorded. She graduated from the University of York with a BA in Sociology with Social Psychology followed by a Masters Degree in Vocal Studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is an Associate, with Alex Ashworth.
