Stella Mendonça (born 10 August 1970) is a Mozambican operatic soprano specializing in the bel canto repertoire.
In 2002 Mendonça collaborated in adapting Georges Bizet's opera Carmen for African audiences and then performed it in Mozambique.
Mendonça made her debut in the title role of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow, although most of her early roles were in various oratorios such as Giovanni Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Gioachino Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
[3] Resident in Switzerland since 1993, she runs and teaches at the studio di belcanto that continues the tradition of the voice technique by Garcia y Lamperti.
[4][5] As of 2010, she was attempting to adapt Mia Couto's award-winning novel, Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula) into an opera using a libretto by Henning Mankell.