Receiving a MONC district finalist award at age 23 after only 3 years of private vocal study, Alaskan soprano Stephanie Pfundt is THE up and coming high/lyric coloratura to hear. Down to earth, approachable, a bit quirky, and a driven worker, her musical perspective and work are original and well informed. Currently a Master’s candidate at Boston University under the instruction of Dr. Lynn Eustis, Ms. Pfundt’s unparalleled acting instincts, world-class high notes, determination, compositional ideas, and stunning musicality will be taking the vocal story-telling world by storm during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. After deciding not to pursue a career in commercial fishing with her family in Alaska, Stephanie attended Pacific Lutheran University where she studied with acclaimed coloratura soprano, Cyndia Sieden. She has performed the rolls of Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Queen of the Night (Magic Flute), 2nd Handmaid (Dido and Aeneas), and Barbarina (Marriage of Figaro). When not studying Strauss’s Zerbinetta, Stephanie is taking composition and German lessons and writing an opera based on her memoir of leaving and redefining a codependent fundamentalist family. She’s passionate about how the opera world needs to change now more than ever, exploring modes of mixed media, elements of pop music and pop culture, modern stories, and pursuing high level cinematic vocal story-telling content. A talented poet and writer, her dream is to stage and produce works she carried from start (libretto and text) to finish (composition, production, and vocal performance).