Caroline Stam is a Dutch classical soprano who has an international (European) performing career specializing in baroque repertoire, reinforced by a distinguished presence in modern recordings (see below).
[1] Stam studied voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam with Erna Spoorenberg, graduated with honours, and continued in master classes with Elly Ameling.
[2] Stam has performed in recital in Germany, France, Spain and Great Britain with conductors such as Iván Fischer, David Willcocks and Ton Koopman.
[3] On the opera stage she appeared as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Clarijn in Der Spiegel von Venedig of Hendrik Andriessen, Ninfa in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Dorinda in Handel's Orlando and Hélène in Chabrier's Une éducation manquée.
[3] She performs baroque oratorio and passion-music often, for instance (2009) Bach's Christmas Oratorio,[4] St Matthew Passion[5] and St John Passion, Handel's Messiah, Israel in Egypt[6] and Jephtha,[6] and Classical works including Haydn's The Creation[7] and Theresienmesse[8] but also Romantic repertoire such as Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem.