Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d'Oustrac, a protégée of early music conductor William Christie, has specialized in French Baroque opera. She has expanded her repertoire into 19th and 20th century roles as her career has developed. Christie cast d'Oustrac in a production of Lully's Thésée at the Baroque Academy of Ambronay in the role of Médée. In 2005, she made her recording debut with the album The Music of Pergolesi & Porporta. For some years, d'Oustrac was identified with Baroque opera, especially French, but as the range of the historical performance movement has expanded, so too has d'Oustrac's.In 2022, she released a pair of albums influenced by vernacular music, Merd'v'là l'hiver: Complaintes des Gens de Rue, and the following year, Mon Amant de Saint-Jean.