Stephanie Wake-Edwards is a London-born mezzo-soprano. She came to international attention when in 2018 Marc Minkowski awarded her a special recital in his Concours Bordeaux Médoc Lyrique, the following year joining the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Jette Parker Young Artist’s Programme.

A highlight of her time at Covent Garden was her performances as Anna on the main stage filmed production of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins in 2021 which prompted Fiona Maddocks to write in the Guardian “The binding force was the talented mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards, who showed artistic courage and verve”, while her Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata  also garnered high praise; “Stephanie Wake-Edwards rather shone as Flora, a glint and a flash in her eyes that mirrored the confidence of her singing.”

Recent and future opera highlights include revisiting Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, this time at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires; Ino in a new production of Handel Semele for Glyndebourne Festival; Jessica in Ben Comeau and Simone Ibbett-Brown’s one woman show for piano and ensemble at Wilton’s Music Hall, London; her debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as Third Nymph in Rusalka, English National Opera as Third Lady in The Magic Flute, a number of exciting debuts with Deutsche Oper Berlin and a return to Garsington Opera for two role debuts.

Stephanie’s wide concert repertoire ranges from Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater with Fabio Biondi and Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Gimeno, to Mahler Symphony No. 2 with Semyon Bychkov in London.