Stacey Alleaume

Stacey Alleaume (born 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39))^[1] is an Australian soprano. She is a principal soprano for Opera Australia of Australian and Mauritian descent.^[2]

Biography

Alleaume's family came from Port Louis in Mauritius where her grandfather had been mayor and her grand-uncle curator of the opera house.^[3][4] She then grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren and studied voice at the University of Melbourne and the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, California.^[5][6]

In 2016 she became a member of the Opera Australia Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program after winning the Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship; in the same year she performed in a large scale "silent opera" (The Eighth Wonder in a headphones-only presentation) on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.^[1][7] Alleaume's voice was used in the 2021 feature film Falling for Figaro for the character Millie Cantwell.^[8]

In 2021 she stepped into the role of Violetta in La traviata for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour at short notice. This performance was highly praised by critics.^[9] She reprised the role of Violetta for Welsh National Opera in 2023.^[10] In 2025, Alleaume again stepped in at a day's notice to sing Pamina, which she had sung before but never in German, for a production of The Magic Flute by the State Opera of South Australia.^[11]

She has sung for Opera Australia, Australian Contemporary Opera Company, Opera Hong Kong, Fondazione Petruzelli, Royal Opera House Muscat, and Deutsche Oper am Rhein.^[12]

Awards

• Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (2012)^[13]
• Melbourne Sun Aria (2013)^[14]
• Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship (2016)^[15]

Recordings

• Moonlight Reflections, Move Records, MCD 613, 2021.^[16]