Masterclass: Stefano de Peppo, baritone

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April 18

11:00am - 12:30pm

Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Room 100, Vocal Rehearsal Room

Audience: Alumni,  Current Student,  Faculty,  Families,  Neighbor or Friend,  Prospective Student,  Staff

Free admission to observe
No ticket required
This event will not be livestreamed

Stefano de Peppo was born in Italy and began his career as a boy soprano in the Children Chorus of La Scala in Milan. After graduating at Civica Scuola di Musica in Milano, thanks to a scholarship he moved to London and studied at Royal College of Music and with private teachers. He then moved to Mexico City and made his debut as a very young bass-baritone at Bellas Artes Opera House in 1990. In the year 2000 he moved to New York City where he now resides.

Some of the roles he has performed to great national and international acclaim include: Leporello (don Giovanni), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Publio (La Clemenza di Tito Stefano’s vocal and acting skills, plus his crisp diction and musicality have made him a great and acclaimed specialist in the comic Italian/French repertory of the 18th and 19th century. Other roles he has performed recently have included: Mustafà (L’Italiana in Algeri), Dulcamara (L’ Elisir d’amore), Don Pasquale, Geronte (Manon Lescaut), Sulpice (La Fille du regiment), don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Sacristan (Tosca) at Minnesota Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Hamilton Opera in Canada, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Miami Lyric Opera, Sarasota Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, New Jersey Opera, Houston Opera in the Heights, (USA), Teatro Villamarta, Teatro Cervantes, Gran Teatro de Cordoba, Gran Teatro de Zaragoza, Opera de Tenerife (SPAIN), Teatro Colon de Bogota (COLOMBIA), New Israeli Opera, Finnish National Opera.

Aside from being a busy performer, Stefano has been in demand as an Italian diction and repertoire coach. He has served as a coach and clinician at various Programs including "Vincerò", "Dandelion Institute", "Atelier d'Excellence", "CSMusic", "Teatro Grattacielo of New York" and "Camerata de' Bardi".

 

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