Stephen Stubbs

Stephen Stubbs is a two-time GRAMMY® Award winner as musical director for Best Opera Recording in 2015, and most recently the Classical Vocal category in 2026. After a thirty-year career in Europe, he returned to his native Seattle in 2006 as one of the world’s most respected lutenists, conductors, and Baroque opera specialists.

Stephen is the Boston Early Music Festival’s Artistic Co-Director along with his long-time colleague Paul O’Dette. Stephen and Paul are the musical directors of all BEMF operas and recordings, which have been nominated for seven GRAMMY® awards.

Other recent appearances have included conducting Gluck’s Orfeo in Bilbao, Mozart’s Magic Flute for the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Handel’s Semele for Opera Omaha, Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie for Juilliard, Mozart’s Il re pastore for the Merola program, and seven productions for Opera UCLA, including Cavalli’s Giasone and Handel’s Amadigi. He has conducted Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle, San Francisco, Edmonton, Birmingham, Houston, Calgary, and Nova Scotia Symphony orchestras. 

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