American soprano Stacy Dove is a versatile artist and powerful performer who has been praised as "a plush, dark soprano" and "a model of bel canto grace" (Parterre Box). In March 2020 Stacy made her Canadian debut to great acclaim as Musetta in La Bohème. Reviewers were taken with her “take no prisoners gusto” hailing her Musetta as “charming, more than a bit playful, and a high point of the evening” (OperaWire).
In 2021, Stacy returned to New York City Opera as Frasquita in their Bryant Park performance of Carmen. In the 2019-2020 season, she made her debut at Feinstein's / 54 Below as a member of La Luna Quartet and appearances with New York City Opera. She also appeared as a soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony under the direction of Dr. Matthew Webb.
Following her "memorable" debut with Florentine Opera as Valencienne in The Merry Widow the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote, "Her musical and theatrical expressiveness must make everyone hope she'll be back.”
During the 2016-2017 season, Stacy made her New York City Opera debut as Frasquita in a performance of Carmen in Bryant Park. She then reprised the role that fall in NYCO’s tours of Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Other engagements include Ava (Hopper's Wife - Cover), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), The Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Yvette/Georgette/Voce di Sopranino (La Rondine), and Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress). In the 2014-2015 season, Stacy joined the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Magic Flute School Programs Tour in the roles of First Lady and Papagena.
Stacy made her professional mainstage debut with Opera Roanoke as Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, covering the role of Pamina. Additionally, Miss Dove has appeared with Nashville Opera, Opera Carolina, Greensboro Opera, Capital Opera Raleigh, Mosaic Arts, Opera Company of Brooklyn, and at the Eastern Music Festival as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Marzelline (Fidelio – Cover) and Mercédès (Carmen – Cover).
In concert, Stacy has performed as a Soloist in Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, Handel’s Messiah, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Stacy currently resides in New York City and is a student of International Mezzo-Soprano Victoria Livengood.