Bio

STEPHANIE BRINK, Contralto,

has performed extensively in the American Southwest. Miss Brink is a Colorado native who began her vocal career in the jazz and music theatre realms. Notable roles include Lucy Van Pelt in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!, Amy in Sondheim’s Company, and Liza in Weill’s Lady in the Dark.

 

Following her undergraduate study at Colorado College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, she made her operatic debut with Opera Theatre of the Rockies as the Second Nursemaid in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. While completing her Master of Music degree in vocal performance at the University of Arizona, as a scholarship student of Dr. Kristin Dauphinais, she performed the roles of the Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul, the Mistress of the Novices/Abbess in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata. She was called back after her graduation to perform the role of Dritte Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, a role she later revived in New York City with Mark Oswald’s Summer Opera Experience.

 

Miss Brink maintains an active performance life in the Pikes Peak region, performing regularly as an Outreach Artist for Opera Theatre of the Rockies. Also with Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Miss Brink has performed the roles of Announcer in Moore’s Gallantry, Katisha/Peep-Bo in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, and La Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, a role she was invited to perform in Santa Fe for Opera West! Miss Brink is a member of the Performance Faculty at Colorado College, and is a voice student of renowned soprano Martile Rowland.