About Me

The Artist

Dr. Stephanie Don Carlos, Lyric Soprano, most recently appeared as guest artist featured in the gala opening of Ballet Tucson, with her husband, Tenor William Don Carlos, where she sang arias by Puccini and Verdi. Dr. Don Carlos has appeared as Pamina in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” in Rome, Italy. This versatile classical soprano has also appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, and the Phoenix Symphony. She has sung under some of the greatest maestri: Sir Georg Solti, Maestro James Levine, Carlo Maria Giulini, Gennady Rozhdezensky, and Leonard Slatkin, to name a few. Dr. Don Carlos has appeared in lead roles in many opera productions, including: Das Rheingold, Die Götterdämmerung with Arizona Opera. She has sung the title roles of Carmen, The Merry Widow, La Cenerentola, and The Barber of Seville. She has been featured for the past three years as recitalist, appearing in Phoenix in the Classics Concert Series. She has also appeared in Alamos, Mexico as recitalist in the Juan Ortiz Festival. She maintains a private voice and piano studio in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson, Arizona.

Conductors

  

Pierre Bernac

James Levine

Carlo Maria Giulini

Gennady Rozdestvensky

Sir Georg Solti

Leonard Slatkin

Margaret Hillis

Daniel Asia

John Curry

Henry Holt

Stefan Minde

Cal Kellog

Fritz Maraffi


Operatic Roles

Pamina, Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Rome, Italy

Wellgunde, Wagner, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Arizona Opera Company

First Lady, Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Arizona Opera Company

Wellgunde, Wagner, Das Rheingold, Arizona Opera Company

Geisha, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Arizona Opera Company

Wellgunde, Wagner, Die Götterdämmerung, Arizona Opera Company

Rosina, Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Arizona Opera Company

Widow Glawari, Lehar, The Merry Widow, Tucson, Arizona

Carmen, Bizet, Carmen, Tucson Arizona

Angelina, Rossini, La Cenerentola, Tucson Arizona

Dorabella, Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte, Northwestern Lyric Opera, Chicago, Illinois

Cherubino, Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro, Northwestern Lyric Opera, Chicago, Illinois

Idamante, Mozart, Idomeneo, Northwestern Lyric Opera, Chicago, Illinois

Cherubino, Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro

Arias

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1. Signore ascolta, Turandot, Puccini


2. E Suzanna non vien, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart


3. Chi' il bel Sogno di Doretta, La Rondine, Puccini

Video

Tu che di gel se cinta, (Liu) from Turandot

Recital

1. Ebben! Ne andro lontana from La Wally by Catalani 

2. My Man's Gone Now from Porgy & Bess by Gershwin 

3. Floods of Spring by Rachmaninov

Video

Teaching Sample