

She then returns to the Volksoper Vienna, for Leonore in Fidelio, and to Seattle Opera for the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos. Stonikas’ 2014-2015 season, showed performances with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. Future seasons include a return to Seattle Opera. Her season begins with performances as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the San Antonio Symphony, followed by Austin Opera’s Season Opening Gala, where she will sing works by Wagner and Strauss Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Opera Santa Barbara and a company debut with Washington National Opera in their Ring Cycle, singing Gerhilde in Die Walküre and Third Norn in Götterdämmerung. Stonikas’ 2015-2016 season holds anticipated returns and company debuts.

She was First Prize winner in the Wagner Division of the 2013 Gerda Lissner Foundational Vocal Competition, and was a finalist in Seattle Opera’s 2014 International Wagner Competition. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at Seattle Opera, she performed the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos, whilst a member of the program.

Marcy Stonikas is a graduate of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) and a 2002 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
