Barbara Staley

VOICE
847.302.3256, ladysings4@yahoo.com
Availability: Monday-Wednesday lunch and after school
$30/30 minutes

Barbara Staley, an award winning dramatic soprano and musician who has been singing professionally  and teaching for over thirty years. Ms. Staley has been first place winner of the National Bel Canto Competition, National finalist Metropolitan Opera Competition, Meistersinger National Finalist, Eleanor Steber Competition first place winner, Musician Club of Women first place winner, National Association for Teachers of Singing Artist Award, National Association for Teachers of Singing Senior Women Award, Farwell Award.

Ms. Staley has performed opera and orchestral works all over the world. Some of the roles Ms. Staley has sung include The Countess “Marriage of Figaro”, Fiordiligi “Cosi Fan Tutte”, Cio Cio San “Madama Butterfly”, Floria Tosca “Tosca, Aida “Aida”, Amelia “The Masked Ball”, Abigaile “Nabucco”, Elizabeth “Don Carlos”, Miss Jessel “Turn of the Screw”, The Mother “Amahl and the Night Visitors. Soprano soloist in Dvorak “Stabat Mater”, “Brahms Requiem”, “Verdi Requiem”, “Faure Requiem”, “Rutter Requiem”, “Messiah”, “King David”, “Dixit Dominus”.

Ms. Staley has worked with major conductors such as Anton Guadagno, Hugh Wolff, Bruno Bartoletti, Walter Baracchi. Coached with Renata Tebaldi, Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Carlo Bergonzi. Ms. Staley has performed at La Scala, Teatro di Verdi in Busseto, Italy, Graz Opern, Kassel Opern, Teatro di Parma, Oakland Opera, Opera North, Washington Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Music Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Lake George Opera Festival. Worked with many coaches at the Juilliard School.

Ms. Staley holds a Bachelor of Music in voice performance and a minor piano performance from the American Conservatory of Music as well as a Master of Music with honors in voice performance and pedagogy from DePaul University. Ms. Staley also holds a post-graduate certificate from the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Ms. Staley is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor’s Fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity, Musician’s Club of Women, Society of American Musicians, American Guild of Musical Artists, National League of Penn Women, and National Association for Teachers of Singing.

Ms. Staley has taught at Illinois State University and is currently teaching at DePaul University. Many of Ms. Staley’s student are singing with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravinia Festival, Peoria Symphony, many are singing at opera companies all over the world, some are teaching at major universities.

My biggest passion of course, is teaching and have enjoyed the successes of my students and watching them grow and flourish. Some have obtained full scholarships to attend major universities, first place NATS winners, first place Schmidt Competition winners, Bel Canto Opera Competition first place winners.

I would love to work with you! I hope you will give some consideration to studying voice with me. I will look forward to getting to know you and start you on your journey of success.