Stéphanie d’Oustrac
French mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac made her first musical steps in her hometown of Rennes and continued her studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Lyon. Since 1998 she has been performing in lead roles in opera houses inside and outside of Europe, such as Opéra national de Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, and festivals like the Salzburger Festspiele and Glyndebourne Festival. Apart from her focus on baroque and classical repertoire, most notably Händel and Mozart, she sings roles in mainly the French Romantic repertoire. She performed roles in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Dialogues des Carmélites, Les Troyens, Pelléas et Mélisande and the title role in Carmen. At Dutch National Opera she previously performed the role of Lazuli in l’Étoile (2014).
- Stéphanie d’Oustrac sings the title role in Agrippina, the opera to be seen at Dutch National Opera from 13 to 28 January 2024.