Pamela Helen Stephen, who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, at the Opera Theater Center at Aspen, Colorado with Herta Glaz, and in Toronto with Patricia Kern, is widely regarded as one of Britain’s leading lyric mezzo-sopranos.
She has sung with Royal Opera Covent Garden, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Edinburgh, City of London, Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, St. Endellion and Wexford Festivals, Opera Ireland, Lyric Theatre Singapore, Batignano Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Spoleto Festival, Opera Australia and in Lisbon, Ludwigsburg, Paris and Amsterdam.
Pamela Helen Stephen has a large concert repertoire and has appeared with London Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC National Orchestra Wales, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Konzerthausorkester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, Prague Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, in Vienna, Tokyo, Berlin, Lisbon, The Hague, Dallas, Montreux, Brisbane, Sydney, Prague, Edinburgh and in London including several Promenade concerts.
Her many recordings include Phoebe THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (Mackerras), Cherubino LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Gardiner), Child L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÉGES (Previn) and Second Niece PETER GRIMES, Sonya WAR & PEACE, Desideria THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET, Nancy ALBERT HERRING, Angelica A POISONED KISS, Kate OWEN WINGRAVE and several Haydn Masses for Chandos with Collegium Musicum 90.
