Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Stéphanie d'Oustrac Mezzo-soprano

Biography

Stéphanie d’Oustrac showed an early interest in music and theatre. William Christie offered her first roles as a tragic heroine. Her repertoire initially focused on the Baroque repertoire, with works such as Medea, Dido and Aeneas, Armide, Alcina… She quickly expanded into the French and Mozartian repertoires as well.

Among her recent engagements are the title role in Orontea at La Scala in Milan; Mother Marie de l’Incarnation (Dialogues of the Carmelites) in Munich; Concepción (L’heure espagnole) at the Opéra Comique; the title role in Agrippina in Amsterdam; and the title role in Carmen in Brussels.

During the 2025–2026 season, she will notably perform as Dulcinée (Don Quichotte) in Lausanne, Mother Marie de l’Incarnation in Dallas, the title role in Armide in Madrid, Toulouse, Versailles, and at the Philharmonie de Paris, and the title role in Carmen in Milan and Tokyo.

At the Paris Opera: Doux mensonges (mezzo-soprano), 2001; Carmen (Mercedes), 2002; La clemenza di Tito (Sesto), 2011, 2013, 2017; Romeo and Juliet (mezzo-soprano), 2012; Così fan tutte (Dorabella), 2013; Béatrice et Bénédict (Béatrice), 2017; The Tales of Hoffmann (the Muse, Nicklausse), 2016; Les Troyens (Cassandra, Ghost of Cassandra), 2019; Castor et Pollux (Phébé), 2025

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