Stacey Alleaume
{{Short description|Australian operatic soprano}}
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Stacey Alleaume (born {{Birth based on age as of date|30|2016|10|23}}) is an Australian soprano. She is the principal soprano for Opera Australia of Australian and Mauritian descent.{{Cite web |last=Review |first=Arts |date=2018-08-03 |title=On the Couch with Stacey Alleaume |url=https://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-stacey-alleaume/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Australian Arts Review}}
Biography
Alleaume's family came from Port Louis in Mauritius where her grandfather had been mayor and her grand-uncle curator of the opera house.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.luxurytravelmag.com.au/article/soprano-stacey-alleaume/|title=Soprano Stacey Alleaume|magazine=Luxury Travel|type=interview|access-date=26 June 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/the-worlds-her-stage-but-home-is-where-stacey-alleaumes-heart-is/news-story/4b70cb24fae90c7175595c43a410397a|title=The world's her stage but home is where Stacey Alleaume's heart is|author=Sue Wallace|date=24 June 2023|newspaper=The Australian|url-access=subscription|access-date=16 June 2023}} She then grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren and studied voice at the University of Melbourne and the Music Academy of the West in Montecito.{{cite web |title=Alumni Search |url=https://musicacademy.org/alumni-search/|publisher=Music Academy of the West|access-date=5 October 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Australian Conversation: Stacey Alleaume, Lead Soprano for Opera Australia|author=Sandi Sieger|date=5 July 2022|url=https://www.onyamagazine.com/lifestyle/australian-conversation/australian-conversation-stacey-alleaume-lead-soprano-for-opera-australia/|website=onyamagazine.com|access-date=2023-05-16}}
In 2016 she became a member of the Opera Australia Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program after winning the Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship; in the same year she performed in a large scale "silent opera" (The Eighth Wonder in a headphones-only presentation) on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.{{Cite news|first=Geordie|last=Cowan|date=23 October 2016 |title=Noble Park North singer Stacey Alleaume in Sydney silent opera|newspaper=Herald Sun|location=Melbourne|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/noble-park-north-singer-stacey-alleaume-in-sydney-silent-opera/news-story/2794dfe305dbd43910046a855d88ab16|access-date=2023-05-16}}{{Cite web |title=Stacey Alleaume |url=https://opera.org.au/artist/stacey-alleaume/ |access-date=2023-05-16|publisher=Opera Australia}} Alleaume's voice was used in the 2021 feature film Falling for Figaro for the character Millie Cantwell.{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Gary |date=29 September 2021 |title=Falling for Figaro fails to hit the high (or even so-so) notes |type=film review |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-09-29/review-falling-for-figaro-danielle-macdonald |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 June 2023}}
In 2021 she stepped into the role of Violetta in La traviata for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour at short notice. This performance was highly praised by critics.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/new-star-soprano-stacey-alleaume-joins-top-ranks-after-a-triumphant-la-traviata/news-story/38113178248255343f504c795aeea0d3|title=New star soprano Stacey Alleaume joins top ranks after a triumphant La Traviata|author=Tom Pillans|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=28 March 2021|access-date=26 June 2023}} She reprised the role of Violetta for Welsh National Opera in 2023.
She has sung for Opera Australia, Australian Contemporary Opera Company, Opera Hong Kong, Fondazione Petruzelli, Royal Opera House Muscat, and Deutsche Oper am Rhein.{{Cite web|title=Stacey Alleaume|publisher=Deutsche Oper am Rhein|url=https://www.operamrhein.de/en/people/stacey-alleaume/|access-date=2023-05-16}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+Film !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2021
|Millie (voice) |singing voice only |
Awards
- Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (2012){{Cite news|last=Morris |first=Linda |date=2019-08-03 |title=All-female finalists in Opera Eisteddfod |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/all-female-finalists-in-opera-eisteddfod-20190802-p52d7f.html |access-date=2023-05-16|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
- Melbourne Sun Aria (2013){{cite web|url=https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/news/voice|title=Operation opera: the secret of success at the Melbourne Conservatorium's Voice department|date=15 November 2019|publisher=Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne|access-date=26 June 2023}}
- Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.move.com.au/artist/stacey-alleaume|title=Stacey Alleaume|publisher=Move Records|access-date=26 June 2023}}
Recordings
References
External links
- {{official|https://staceyalleaume.com/}}
- [https://www.operabase.com/artists/stacey-alleaume-23148/en Performances], Operabase
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Australian people of Mauritian descent
Category:Australian operatic sopranos
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni