Stefan Egerstrom
Bass Stefan Egerstrom joins the roster at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the 2023-24 season under the baton of music director Enrique Mazzola to cover the roles of Daland in Der fliegende Holländer with director Christopher Alden and Ramfis in Aida with director Francesca Zambello. He returns to Carnegie Hall to join the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein for Dvořák’s Requiem. Mr. Egerstrom will also travel to Tourtour to take part in The Fondation des Treilles Voice Academy in the fall which culminates in a final concert of French arias of Berlioz, Marais, Meyerbeer, and Verdi. During the 2022-23 season, Mr. Egerstrom made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Fourth Noble in the new François Girard production of Lohengrin conducted by Yannick Neìzet-Seìguin; performed the role of Peneios in Daphne with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall; and returned to the San Francisco Opera to sing Geisterbote in the David Hockney production of Die Frau ohne Schatten with Sir Donald Runnicles on the podium.
As a former San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow, he appeared in Eugene Onegin (singing the roles of Captain and Zaretsky while covering Gremin) with Vassilis Christopoulos on the podium; worked on three productions conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim including La Traviata (covering Dottore Grenvil), Tosca (Jailer), and Fidelio (Second Prisoner); and was a participant of the 2019 Merola Opera Program, subsequently performing in the Schwabacher Summer Concert and the Merola Grand Finale.
Previous appearances include Hunding in Die Walküre and King René in Iolanta with Cincinnati’s Queen City Opera. As part of the “Opera Fusion: New Works initiative between Cincinnati Opera and University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music,” he performed in workshops of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Morning Star and Gregory Spears’s Fellow Travelers. Additional roles Mr. Egerstrom has performed include Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Siroco (L’Étoile), Carlino (Don Pasquale), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Dr. Grenvil (La Traviata), and Kecal (The Bartered Bride). In concert, he has also been the bass soloist in Bach’s Johannes-Passion. Mr. Egerstrom has performed with The Minnesota Opera in the world premieres of Kevin Puts’s Silent Night and Paul Moravec’s The Shining. He has also been a Young Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, covering the roles of Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni.
In 2022, he was awarded The Richard F. Gold Career Grant from The Shoshana Foundation and a Sara Tucker Study Grant from The Richard Tucker Music Foundation. A native of Minnesota, Mr. Egerstrom received his bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Lawrence University and his master’s degree in voice from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
