Sean Stanton has been an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera (CO) and a Young Artist with Opera on the James (VA), Opera Southwest (NM) , and Opera North (NH).

This past summer, he returned to Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist singing the roles of Manfred in Jake Heggie’s Two Remain and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (family performance). Sean will be singing with Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus in performances of Don Carlos this fall and launching a new program titled Soul Salutations - A Musician’s Mindfulness Retreat with Kristin Ditlow Yuan in early 2023.

Mr. Stanton is the recipient of the Lola Fletcher Award from the American Opera Society. He has received accolades from the James Toland Vocal Arts, New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Classical Singer, National NATS, Bel Canto Foundation, and Luminarts Cultural Foundation. Sean has also placed first at the Central Region, Illinois, Chicago, NATS competitions and NATSAA. 

Previous opera credits include Papageno (Opera North), Orsocane (Opera Southwest), Bosun (Central City Opera), Imperial Commissioner (Central City Opera), Sam (Opera on the James), Publio (Ignite Opera), Curio (Handel Week Festival), Horace Tabor (North Park University), Prince Yamadori (DuPage Opera), and Lockit (NPU). Sean is a member of the Lyric Opera Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, and Grant Park Chorus, and is a teaching artist with Music of the Baroque’s Strong Voices program. 

He has appeared in numerous master classes led by international musicians such as Dame Emma Kirby (Music of the Baroque), Margaret Jane Wray (MET National Council), Sherrill Milnes (Opera Idol), and Renée Fleming (National NATS Conference). 

Mr. Stanton holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in vocal performance from North Park University (Chicago, IL), where he won the School of Music Performance Awards and graduated magna cum laude.