Marcy Stonikas is a graduate of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) and a 2002 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at Seattle Opera, she performed the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos, whilst a member of the program. She was First Prize winner in the Wagner Division of the 2013 Gerda Lissner Foundational Vocal Competition, and was a finalist in Seattle Opera’s 2014 International Wagner Competition.

Stonikas’ 2015-2016 season holds anticipated returns and company debuts. Her season begins with performances as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the San Antonio Symphony, followed by Austin Opera’s Season Opening Gala, where she will sing works by Wagner and Strauss; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Opera Santa Barbara; and a company debut with Washington National Opera in their Ring Cycle, singing Gerhilde in Die Walküre and Third Norn in Götterdämmerung. Future seasons include a return to Seattle Opera.

Stonikas’ 2014-2015 season, showed performances with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Asher Fisch. She then returns to the Volksoper Vienna, for Leonore in Fidelio, and to Seattle Opera for the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos. She concludes the season with Cincinnati Opera, as the title role in Turandot.

During the 2013-2014 season, Stonikas appeared with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra for a Wagner/Verdi concert; Utah Opera in a role debut as Salome; Opera Santa Barbara as Tosca; in a return to Seattle Opera as Magda Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul; and the Vienna Volksoper for Fidelio.

Over two summers, the soprano performed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann, and Rosaura in Wolf-Ferrari’s rarely performed Le donne curiose, with Wolf Trap Opera Company. Additionally, Ms. Stonikas had the unique opportunity to perform the roles of Irene and Mary in the American premiere of Jerry Springer – the Opera (Thomas) at the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago. On the concert stage, highlights include Blumenmädchen in Parsifal (Wagner) with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez.

Ms. Stonikas is a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation, winner of the 2009 Elgin Opera Vocal Competition, and was a winner of the 2006 International Meistersinger Competition.