About
Stephen Purdy has concertized and accompanied (Classical Recital, Broadway, Opera, Cabaret) at major centers of arts and culture throughout the United States and abroad including Lincoln Center (New York), Staatsoper (Berlin), Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), Grand Theatre Xiqu Centre (Hong Kong), Festspielhaus (Baden Baden) Sejong Center (Seoul), Carnegie Hall (New York), Wolf Trap (Washington D.C.) and dozens of others. His playing has been critically praised as “deeply intuitive and attentive” and as having “a sharp focus and depth of musicality in storytelling through song.”
An accomplished author, his book Musical Theatre Song: A Comprehensive Course published by Bloomsbury, was hailed by the American Journal of Drama as a “Major contribution to Musical Theatre Scholarship” and prompted opera great Placido Domingo write that “Dramatic stage singers today are more hard-pressed than ever to deliver original, truthful and personal performances with bravura. Purdy’s text contains insightful, invaluable wisdom that gives stage performers the tools and the wherewithal to do this in a way that nurtures their individuality and fosters their artistry.”
Purdy is on Faculty at Westminster Choir College and formerly Northeastern University (formerly Marymount Manhattan College) in New York City and maintains a diverse private studio in Manhattan.
Berlin Staatsoper
Théâtre du Châtelet
Grand Theatre in the Xiqu Centre.
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts