Stephanie Chee

Originally from Sunnyvale, CA, soprano Stephanie Chee joins Utah Opera as a Resident Artist for the 2024-2025 season, performing Dew Fairy in Hänsel und Gretel and the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Utah Symphony, as well as Haydn’s The Creation with the Madeleine Choir School. Recent roles include Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia and Valletto in L’incoronazione di Poppea. Stephanie was awarded an Encouragement Award in the San Francisco District of the 2023 Laffont Competition, an Emerging Talent Award in the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition, first place in the 2022 Fox Valley Collegiate Voice Competition, second place in the 2022 Upper College Treble Voices Division of the National Student Auditions, and the Farwell Trust Award in the 2022 Musicians Club of Women Voice Competition. This summer, she was a Vocal Fellow with the Manetti-Shrem Opera Program. She received her M. M. from Rice University in 2024. www.stephaniechee.com/