Stephanie Durant graduated from Northwestern University in Voice & Opera and has MA in Vocal Pedagogy from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Her Opera Columbus debut was in 2021 with Puccini’s Tosca. She performed in the Ensemble for Maria de Buenos Aires in February 2023. Also in February 2023, she sang the Ukrainian National Anthem at the Ohio Statehouse for the 1 year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prior to settling down in central Ohio with her four children and husband, Stephanie has performed many musical theater and operatic roles around the country, including Winnie Tate (Annie Get Your Gun), Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods), Mary Ellen (Beauty and the Beast) and Mrs. Olsen (Street Scene). Stephanie co-founded the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble with Mariyka Hawryluk Gordon and performs operas and art songs in Ukrainian, and works closely with The Ukrainian Cultural Association of Ohio.
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