Sylvia Stone

Background

Stone, Sylvia Daughter of Louie Moses Stone and Lettie Irene Snider.

Education

Associate of Arts, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1955. Bachelor of Music, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1958. Master of Music, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1959.

Postgraduate, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Stuttgart, 1964.

Career

Guest artist Chautauqua Opera Association, Chautauqua, New York, 1957—1959, St. Louis Opera, St. Louis, 1959, Rochester Opera Under Stars, New York, 1960, Städtische Bühnen Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 1972, Bühnen der Stadt Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 1972, Operettenhaus Hamburg, Germany, 1973—1976, Theater des Westens, Berlin, Saxony,, Germany, 1975, Städtische Bühnen Freiburg, Germany, 1976—1977, Landestheater Flensburg, Germany, 1977—1978, Operagezellschap Forum Enschede, Enschede, Netherlands, 1977—1978, Freilicht Basel, Switzerland, 1978, Schweizer Tournee Theater, Switzerland, 1978, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Germany. Leading mezzo-soprano Bühnen der Hansestadt Lübeck, Germany, 1965—1969, Städtische Bühnen Krefeld-Mönchenbladbach, Krefeld, Germany, 1969—1973. Associate professor voice University Illinois, Urbana, 1981—1991, advisor graduate students voice, since 1983, professor voice, since 1992, professor French diction singers, since 1992, professor German diction singers, since 1997.

Artistic director Scuola Italia Summer Program Young Opera Singers, Urbania, since 2004. Consultant Komische-Kammer-Oper-München, Humbach, Bayern, Germany, 1996—2003. Adjudicator Schools Leopoldskron Competition Singers, Salzburg, Austria, 1998—2006.

Masterclass presenter clinician Austrian-American-Mozart-Academy, Salzburg, Austria, 1997—1999, voice teacher, 1999—2007.

Achievements

• Sylvia Stone has been listed as a noteworthy voice educator, singer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Connections

Married Ludwig Boder, July 14, 1974. Married Edward Corwin White, August 26, 1959 (divorced 1966). 1 child Valerie Letitia White.

Father:

Louie Moses Stone

Mother:

Lettie Irene Snider

Spouse:

Ludwig Boder

Spouse:

Edward Corwin White

child:

Valerie Letitia White Stone