"This is my third year with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as what’s called a Festival Artist, which is when you have a small role in the opera and you don’t have any chorus responsibilities. I went through the audition circuit, and I came and sang for them, and they hired me. It’s really exciting because they’re the first professional company that ever gave me a chance. They’ve treated me so well here, and they’re really about building from the ground up, so they take a lot of the young artists and move them into principle rolls, which is really exciting, not many companies do that."



Stephanie Sanchez: festival artist in Ariadne on Naxos (showing through June 24) at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis