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Tara Stafford
Affiliated Artist, Voice
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B.M.
(2001) Drury University
M.M. (2006) Peabody Conservatory
417-873-7296 |
Tara Stafford, coloratura soprano, is a native of Springfield,
Missouri. She
graduated with her BM in Performance from Drury University.
While earning her bachelor’s degree, Ms. Stafford
was in the Springfield Regional Opera’s Young Artist
Program. With
the SRO she made her professional debut as Barbarina in Le
Nozze di Figaro. In
2001 she started graduate studies at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
There she was seen as The Queen of the Night in The
Magic Flute and as Jenny in Robert Ward’s Roman
Fever. In
2002 Ms. Stafford started a two-year apprenticeship with the
Asheville Lyric Opera.
With the ALO she performed the role of Della in the
professional debut of David Conte’s The Gift of the
Magi. Tara
recently finished her MM degree in Vocal Performance at the
Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University where she
studied with Mezzo-Soprano, Marianna Busching.
At Peabody she performed the role of Beatrice in a
new chamber opera, Some Ado, by Kevin Clark. She
also sang the role of Mercy and Obedience in Hildegard von
Bingen’s Ordo
Virtutum. Some of
the other roles Ms. Stafford has performed include Laurie in
The Tenderland, Cunegunde in Candide, Miss
Silverpeal in The Impressario, Madeline/Isabelle in The
Face On the Barroom Floor, Cupid & Wood Goddess in
the Masque from Dioclesian,
and Miss Titmouse in Too Many Sopranos.
Ms. Stafford has had the opportunity to perform with
Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville Symphony, Springfield
Regional Opera, Springfield Symphony, Opera in the Ozarks,
Greensboro Opera, Peabody Chamber Opera and UNC-G Opera
Studio. Tara
and her husband, Jacob Frank, recently moved back to the
Springfield area. She
now works with the Springfield Regional Opera as the Opera
Education and Outreach Coordinator.
In January 2008 she will be singing the role of Mrs.
Nordstrom in the Springfield Regional Opera’s production
of Stephen Sondheim’s A
Little Night Music.
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