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Contemporary Composers, including Dominick Argento, Jake Heggie, Conrad Susa and Richard Danielpour, have produced works specifically for von Stade.

She originated the role of " Tina " in Dallas Opera's world premiere production of Argento's The Aspern Papers in 1988.

She has also recorded other works by Argento.

Susa wrote for her the role of the " Marquise de Merteuil " in his opera Dangerous Liaisons, which premiered at the San Francisco Opera on September 10th, 1994.

Danielpour composed Elegies for orchestra, mezzo-soprano, and baritone in memory of von Stade's father, Charles von Stade, who was killed late in World War II, two months before von Stade's birth.

Elegies premiered in January 1998 with the Jacksonville Symphony led by Roger Nierenberg and has now been recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2008, she created the role of " Madeline " in the opera Last Acts, a part which the composer Jake Heggie had specially written for her.