Stephen Powell is in his fourth decade performing with opera companies and orchestras around the globe. He has performed in San Diego, Detroit, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Cleveland, Nashville, Dallas, Kansas City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, and Miami. His international credits include São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Wexford, Ireland; and Amsterdam, Paris, Singapore, Zurich, London, Hong Kong, Montreal, Toronto, Rome, and Leipzig.
    Recent recordings include his first solo CD, American Composers at Play, and Odyssey Opera’s world premiere recording of Norman Dello Joio’s The Trial at Rouen.
    A member of the voice faculty at Mannes School of Music in The New School in New York City, Powell also teaches privately out of his home and is a recurring guest instructor at the Potomac Vocal Institute in Washington, D.C. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in theory and composition from Northwestern University and his Master’s degree in music from DePaul University, and spent two years as a young artist in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s apprentice program.