"A beautiful young woman whose singing is
shining and true..." -Opera Now

"...funny and appealing...a powerhouse voice..."
-Chicago Sun-Times

"...a young soprano of great, shining promise."
-Chicago Tribune

What's New

November 7, 2008: Translations of reviews for Gilda in Rigoletto, Opéra de Lille

September 11, 2008: Reviews for Mahler 8th Symphony.

May 10, 2008: New review for Rigoletto.

March 15, 2008: Reviews for Falstaff and Christ on the Mount of Olives, and several new upcoming performances.

Latest Reviews

Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, Los Angeles Philharmonic, September 2008

"But near the end, when soprano Stacey Tappan exhorted us to raise ourselves to higher spheres, she did so from the ring that holds the lights high above the stage. The effect was thrilling."
- Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2008

"All eight soloists...were in top form, with Brewer, Griffey and Tappan proving to be the highlights."
- Robert D. Thomas, Class Act, September 10, 2008

Rigoletto, Opéra de Lille, May 2008

"As for Stacey Tappan, she is without a doubt the revelation of the evening. Her superb soprano voice radiated throughout, by turns the loving innocent, the dutiful but impatient daughter, and finally the woman determined to the point of giving up her life. Her qualities as an actress never took second place to her qualities as a singer. The audience was right in giving her a fine ovation."
-Paul  K'ros, Liberté Hebdo, May 16, 2008

"He has a daughter, Gilda, young and loving (the much applauded Stacey Tappan, with a stunning soprano voice)... one will remember Tappan's vocal performance, full of lightness..."
-La Voix du Nord, May 9, 2008

"The tremendous American soprano Stacey Tappan deploys her talent as a tragedienne. She tells the story, bringing to life through her singing vitality lost to despair."
-Patrice Demailly, Nord Èclair, May 9, 2008

"...the juvenility of Stacey Tappan, a luminous Gilda whose singing well portrays the evolution from naivety in love to wounded woman..."
-Michele Friche, Le Soir, May 13, 2008

"A very beautiful Gilda, in which Stacey Tappan combines her role debut and her debut on the French stage: her aria "Gualtier Malde" is overwhelming, and it is in this register of passionate naivety that she is most convincing. She is a magnificent discovery by the Lille team, a coloratura soprano with high notes of a splendid sweetness, coming from the opera studio in Chicago. To follow very closely."
- Sophie Roughol, Forum Opéra, May 10, 2008

"Stacey Tappan has herself also constructed a very lovely portrait of Gilda, the ideal of purity, the personification of love that believes all, accepts all, and finally gives all. Her luminous, delicate voice is the embodiment of clarity, and in "Caro nome", stretched out on the floor, she offered an ode to bewitched love, where innocence and voluptuousness meet."
-Alexandra Diaconu, ResMusica, May 20, 2008

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