Bravasoprano

      Soprano Claire Stadtmueller made her Carnegie Hall debut in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Egon Stadelman wrote for the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung: "Of the solo quartet, soprano Claire Stadtmueller was by far the most outstanding. She enjoyed a star moment and took advantage of it to the loudly exclaimed enthusiasm of the audience." Maestro David Randolph of the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra immediately reengaged her for Mozart's Mass in C Minor and Requiem, about which Mr. Stadelman wrote: "Of the soloists, Claire Stadtmueller stood out considerably; her timbre and demeanor reminded me of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf." She has since performed at Carnegie Hall in Handel's Israel in Egypt, Mendelssohn's Second Symphony, Bach's Christmas Oratorio and St. Matthew Passion, and in Orff's Carmina Burana. Other engagements last season include Schubert's Stabat Mater and Bach's Cantata 21 in New York. She was also engaged by the Alliance Francaise of Providence to sing selections from her CD Sweet Peace for their Francophonie celebration.
     Ms. Stadtmueller performed last season on a concert of the Richard Tucker Foundation. She has appeared at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, and on National Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion and WGBH Boston's Classics in the Morning.
      Opera roles she has performed include the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the Mozart roles of Pamina (The Magic Flute), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte) and Miss Silverpeal (The Impresario); Rosario in Granados' Goyescas, the Mother in Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors and the Dew Fairy in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel . She created the leading role of Persephone in the world premiere of Geoffrey Gibbs' opera Potnia.
      As a recitalist, Ms. Stadtmueller has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, at New York City's Trinity Church, and on numerous concert series programs on the East Coast.
      Ms. Stadtmueller's solo CD, Sweet Peace, is a collection of international songs that celebrate peace or express the tragedy of war. Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and composer Ned Rorem have praised it as "very beautiful." It has been heard on WGBH Boston, WBAI New York and WHJJ Providence.
      Ms. Stadtmueller holds degrees from New England Conservatory and University of Rhode Island, and studies with Metropolitan Opera bass John Macurdy.