Stephen Meyer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, specializing in early nineteenth-century opera. Professor Meyer's articles have appeared in The Opera Journal, the Opera Quarterly, and the Cambridge Opera Journal. He is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to Germany, and most recently, a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His article "Terror and Transcendence in the Operatic Prison, 1790-1815" will appear in the 55/3 issue of the Journal of the American Musicological Society, and his book Carl Maria von Weber and the Search for a German Opera was published by Indiana University Press in January of 2003. In addition to his scholarly work, Professor Meyer maintains an active performing career, serving most recently as the bass of the Concord Ensemble for their 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons. He can be heard on the Ensemble's compact disc entitled "Trionfo d'Amore e della Morte: Florentine Music for a Medici Procession" (recorded with Piffaro), which appeared with Dorian Records in January of 2003.

Courses
Nineteenth-Century Music
Baroque and Classical Music
Opera in Society
Beethoven
The Operas of Wagner
Music and the Sacred
Music of Robert Schumann
History of Song
Music and Politics
Culture and the Age of Revolutions
Mozart and His World
Brahms and His World