STEPHANIE BLYTHE

'Stephanie Blythe' is a Mezzo-Soprano opera singer. She graduated from Monticello High School in 1987 ^[1] and the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam in 1992. She was the recipient of the prestigious Richard Tucker Award in 1999. SUNY Potsdam awarded her the degree of Doctor of Music ''honoris causa'' in 2006.
In 1996, Blythe's career was transformed, standing in for Marilyn Horne at the Met as Mistress Quickly in "Falstaff." Her breakthrough performance came three years later when she sang Cornelia in Handel's "Guilio Cesare." ^[2]
Blythe starred in the world premiere of the opera 'The Sailor Boy and the Falcon', performed by the Crane School of Music Opera Ensemble in November of 2006. The opera was written by two SUNY Potsdam professors (music by Paul Siskind and libretto by Alan Steinberg) and was performed at the Crane School's Sara M. Snell Theater. The opera is based on The Sailor-Boy's Tale by Isak Dinesen.

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1. Monticello High School Alumni, accessed November 27, 2006
2. Stephanie Blythe, Class of 1987, Appears at the Metropolitan Opera