Stephanie Maitland is a Scottish contralto and a member of the Wiener Staatsoper Young Artist Programme 2020-2022. She was due to join the Glyndebourne chorus for their 2020 season (cancelled due to covid-19). She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and during her time there, sang the Sandmännchen (»Hänsel and Gretel«), La Principessa (»Suor Angelica«), Zita (»Gianni Schicchi«), Madam By-ends (»The Pilgrim’s Progress«), La Prieure (»Dialogues des Carmélites«) and Lady Bertram (»Mansfield Park«). She has sung in masterclasses with Dame Ann Murray, Susan Bullock and Della Jones. She has also worked with Garsington Opera on their Alvarez Young Artist Programme, covering the role of Mrs Grose (»The Turn of the Screw«) and Buxton International Festival, covering the role of Zuma (»Alzira«). In 2019 she was a semi-finalist in By Voice Alone winning the Development Award and was mentored by Karen Cargill thereafter. In the same year she also received the Singers Preparation Award of the Audition Oracle. In 2020/21 she became a member of the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera, where she performed in »Elektra«, »Parsifal«, »La traviata« and »Das Rheingold«, among others. Since the 2022/23 season she has been an ensemble member of the Volksoper Wien, where she performed in the premiere of Lotte de Beer's and Andrey Kaydanovskiy's »Jolanthe und der Nussknacker «, among others.