American dramatic tenor Robert Stahley is currently in his final year of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein young artist program at LA Opera. There, he has performed Walther in Tannhäuser, Le Berger in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, Valcour in L’Amant Anonyme, First Armored Man in Barrie Kosky’s famed production of Die Zauberflöte, and Parpignol in the North American premiere of Barrie Kosky’s La bohème. This season, Mr. Stahley performs Jupiter in Semele with Opera Santa Barbara and Narraboth in Salome with Bard Festival.

In the 2021 festival season, Mr. Stahley returned to the Santa Fe Opera as a second-year Apprentice, where he performed the role of The Captain in the world premiere of John Corigliano’s The Lord of Cries and was featured in concert with Grammy Award-winning soprano Angel Blue. Recent engagements include the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann with Arbor Opera Theater, the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Quad-City Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lynn Philharmonia. Other performances include William Marshall in Regina with Opera Theater of St. Louis, scenes as Lenny in Of Mice and Men and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with the St. Louis Symphony, and Pang in Turandot with the Kentucky Symphony. 

Mr. Stahley won first prize in the 2019 Wagner Society of New York Competition, was a third prize winner in the 2018 Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition, placed first in the 2017 Piccolo Vocal Competition, and was a finalist in the 2018 Mildred Miller Competition. He completed his Artist Diploma and Masters at the College Conservatory of Music.