Mr. Stephens’s career spans a wide variety of roles and styles in opera and concert music. His performances show “a committed characterization and a voice of considerable beauty.” (Opera News)

At the New York City Opera he sang the role of Professor Friedrich Bhaer in the New York premiere of Adamo’s Little Women, and was hailed by The New York Times as a “baritone of smooth distinction.” Since his debut as Marcello in La Bohème, Mr. Stephens’ New York City Opera roles include Frank in Die Tote Stadt, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Germont in La Traviata.

Some career highlights include Messiah with Seattle Symphony, the title role in Elijah with the Portland Chamber Orchestra, an engagement at the Spoletto Festival in the Brahms Requiem with the Westminster Choir, Carmina Burana with the Hartford Symphony, and appearances in New York City and San Francisco with “Regina Resnik Presents” that featured four world premieres; these performances were also broadcast on cable television. Mr. Stephens has sung on numerous occasions at Carnegie Hall in a variety of roles with the Oratorio Society of New York (St. Matthew Passion), the Masterworks Chorus (Messiah), and Musica Sacra (Lord Nelson Mass). Recent Carnegie Hall performances with Opera Orchestra of New York have included roles in Otello, Lucrezia Borgia, and Adriana Lecouvreur. He joins the roster of Seattle Opera this season in the world premier of Daron Hagen's Amelia.