Anne Marie Stanley’s unique instrument has allowed her to embrace a broad repertoire of roles across the bel canto, classical and contemporary styles, recently showcasing Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma at Palm Beach Opera, Lucretia in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, both Léonor in Donizetti’s La favorite and Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Opera Philadelphia led by Corrado Rovaris and, under the mentorship of the renowned Marilyn, Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti at Music Academy of the West. The 2024/25 season sees Anne Marie Stanley’s debut as Oktavian in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Hannover, conducted by Stephan Zilias.

Anne Marie made her Carnegie Hall debut in Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, joined The Princeton Symphony for Beethoven Symphony No.9, and most recently appeared as the Austrian Woman in John Adam’s The Death of Klinghoffer with Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at Het Concertgebouw, led by the composer himself. 

Anne Marie Stanley trained in Voice Performance at Westminster Choir College in Princeton and Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston and has been the recipient of many awards and competition prizes. She made her operatic debut at Spoleto Festival USA in a production of Giordano’s Mese Mariano and as a Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist, featured there as Concepción in Ravel’s L’heure Espagnole.