Elena Stabile

Elena Stabile (she/they) is a dynamic performer of opera, jazz, and contemporary art music. In addition to performance, she also works as a voice teacher, writer, arts administrator, and opera dramaturg with emphasis on new works development. She recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Minnesota, with a secondary emphasis on Musicology, and sings regularly with Twin Cities area churches and music organizations. She also serves at the Administrative Coordinator of the Mount Olivet School of Music and Arts, and she is a member of the music faculty at Normandale Community College.

Stabile’s research and writing focuses on a holistic analysis of opera as a performance medium, with specific emphasis on adaptation theory and its application to operatic scholarship. She is an active advocate for the development of new operas and the importance of pushing the boundaries of the art form in the twenty-first century.

Stabile received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Lawrence University and Conservatory of Music, and her Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Recent projects include Pierrot Lunaire with the UMN New Music Ensemble, Dark Sisters (Almera cover) with Journey North Opera, a self produced and directed La voix humaine (Elle), and Eugene Onegin (Tatyana) with Skylark Opera. She is also a three year Performance Fellow with the Nief Norf Summer Festival in Knoxville, TN.