In the 2023/24 season, Heidi Stober returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La bohème, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, premiered a new production of Nixon in China as Pat Nixon with Deutsche Oper Berlin, in addition to performances of Gretel, sang the title role of Rahel in Detlev Glanert’s world premiere opera, Die Jüdin von Toledo at the Semperoper Dresden in a production by Robert Carsen, as well as sang performances of Pamina, and debuted with Opernhaus Zürich in Andreas Homoki’s production of Sweeney Todd as Johanna. In concert, Ms. Stober performed Mozart’s Requiem at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by music director Enrique Mazzola. In Boston, Ms. Stober performed in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Boston Baroque and sang Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass on tour in Spain with Omer Meir Wellber and the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Operatic highlights of past seasons include a long relationship with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she has performed Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Faust, Pamina, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, and Liù in Turandot. At the Metropolitan Opera, she has performed Gretel, Pamina, Despina in Cosi fan tutte and Oscar; at the San Francisco Opera, Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, Zdenka, Angelica in Orlando, Gretel, Norina in Don Pasquale, Pamina, Oscar, Nannetta in Falstaff, Susanna, Magnolia in Showboat, Atalanta in Xerxes and Johanna in Sweeney Todd, and Sophie in Werther. With the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Heidi Stober has performed Gretel, Dalinda in Ariodante and Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and with Houston Grand Opera, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, Micaela, Susanna, Norina, Musetta, Atalanta, and Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea. With Semperoper Dresden, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Omer Meir Wellber, Susanna, Adina, Pamina, the title role in Alcina, and Micaëla, and with Santa Fe Opera, Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, La Folie in Platée, Tigrane in Radamisto, Musetta, Zdenka and Ada in the world-premiere of Theodore Morrison’s Oscar, which she reprised at Opera Philadelphia. At Staatsoper Hamburg, Despina in Così fan tutte, Adina at the Wiener Staatsoper, Antigone in Enescu’s Oedipe at Dutch National Opera, Donna Elvira with the Hyōgo Performing Arts Center in Japan, Anne Truelove in The Rake’s Progress with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the title role in Semele with Garsington Opera Festival.

An expressive and passionate concert performer and recitalist, Heidi Stober has performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Grand Teton Music Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin); Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 (NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Milwaukee Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Milwaukee Symphony, Baltimore Symphony); Brahms Requiem (Houston Symphony, Tucson Symphony), Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Oslo Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin), Mozart’s Requiem (Los Angeles Philharmonic); Stravinsky’s Cantata (Los Angeles Philharmonic), Handel’s Messiah (New York Philharmonic, Boston Baroque) as well as a solo recital at Carnegie Hall. Frequent conductor collaborators include Sir Donald Runnicles, Eun Sun Kim, Harry Bicket, Gustavo Dudamel, Omer Meir Wellber, Marc Albrecht, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nicola Luisotti, Evan Rogister, Patrick Hahn, Patrick Summers, Nicholas Carter, Mark Wigglesworth, Edo de Waart, Jonathan Darlington and Daniel Carter.

Originally from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Heidi Stober attended Lawrence University and the New England Conservatory. She continued professional training as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and resides in Berlin.