Soprano Emily Stauch has been described as having a voice which is versatile "...huge energy and smooth high notes..." and expressive "...reflecting light in the music of Mozart..." and "...accomplishing coloration with such aplomb that it appeared to be effortless". In recital performances she has "...shown the intimacy and conversational quality of art song..." and her operatic interpretations have revealed "...the rich and full beauty of the voice".
Ms. Stauch has been a featured soloist with Virginia Opera, Virginia Opera Education Program, Virginia Symphony, Virginia Symphony Chorus, TodiMusicFest, Norfolk Chamber Consort, Schola Cantorum, Touring Concert Opera Company of NY, and Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared with the Virginia Chorale and with Virginia Musical Theatre.
Ms. Stauch's recent engagements include Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Bach's Wedding Cantata, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" and Mozart's Coronation Mass. A frequent concert and recital artist, Ms. Stauch's other recent highlights include Mendelssohn's Symphony No.2, "Lobgesang", the regional premiere of the newly discovered Händel Gloria, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the Brahms Requiem, as well as recital work, including a program of French works entitled "La Belle Époque" and a program of art songs, spirituals and arias entitled "Songs of Love". Most recently, Ms. Stauch performed Berlioz' Les Nuits d'Été and several songs by Liszt in a recital program entitled "Poèmes d'amour". Other highlights of her orchestral work include performances of Beethoven's Egmont, the Bach Magnificat, the Poulenc Gloria, and Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate. Her operatic roles include Frasquita in Carmen, the First Lady and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Elvira in Ernani, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.
A native of Washington, D.C., Ms. Stauch graduated cum laude from The Catholic University of America. Her formal music training began at age nine with the study of the piano and her choral experience began at age sixteen when she was an exchange student in Stockholm, Sweden. She continued her choral education under the direction of Dr. Michael Cordovana while attending Catholic University. Ms. Stauch has since studied with Harold Evans, Howard Bender, Dr.Lydia Buschmann in Munich, Germany, Michael Paul in New York and Robynne Redmon. Ms. Stauch has sung under the direction of truly great conductors such as Robert Shaw and James Conlon, and has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D.C., and at Carnegie Hall.
Well known as vocal coach and voice and language instructor, Ms. Stauch speaks French, German and Swedish, and has served as vocal instructor on the faculty at Virginia Wesleyan College. She currently maintains a private studio and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Emily Stauch