Stewart Wallace (born 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and cantor.
[2] Without formal training in composition,[2] Wallace has spent much of his career composing experimental operas, from the dance-centered Kabbalah (1989) to the surrealist Hopper's Wife (1992).
[5] In 2010, Wallace was in a bicycle accident that resulted in traumatic brain injury and prevented him from composing, for a five-year period.
[6] Wallace and Korie prepared a revised 2-act version of Harvey Milk for Opera Parallèle in San Francisco, who jointly commissioned the revision with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, with an intended premiere performance run in 2020.
[7] The revised 2-act version of Harvey Milk received its premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on 11 June 2022.