with Seattle Opera; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Dayton Opera and Toledo Opera; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Connecticut Opera, The Duke in Rigoletto with Hartford Opera, the title role in Faust with Connecticut Opera, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Dayton Opera, Columbus Opera and the Opera Guild of Greater Miami. Europe Stern's second career in Europe began when he was engaged as leading tenor in Städtische Bühnen Flensburg from 1969 to 1971. Rita and his three children moved with him from New York City to Flensburg, Germany. There, he sang the title roles in Lohengrin and Andrea Chenier, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Radames in Aida, The Duke in Rigoletto and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. This was followed by an engagement at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden where he sang Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Don José in Carmen, Alfredo in La Traviata, the title role in Xerxes (Serse), Barinkay in Der Zigeunerbaron, Hans in The Bartered Bride, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Singer in Der Rosenkavalier and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. During this time he made guest appearances at the Oper Frankfurt as Rodolfo in La Boheme; at Stadttheater Klagenfurt as Hans in The Bartered Bride; at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and The Duke in Rigoletto; and at Theater der Stadt Koblenz as Cavaradossi in Tosca. Voice professor at the University of Washington In 1973, Stern joined the Voice Faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he met his future third wife, Molly Hogan. then a student at the university. He gave many solo concert performances at the university and appeared as tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Detroit Symphony under Paul Freeman, the Verdi Requiem with the Honolulu Symphony under Robert LaMarchina, and in numerous concerts with the University Symphony Orchestra under Samuel Krachmalnick. He appeared as Manrico in Il Trovatore at the Nevada Opera and in the title role of Andrea Chenier at the Houston Grand Opera, indicating that his voice was leaning toward a dramatic tenor. Pupils of Stern have performed as soloists at the opera companies of Houston, San Francisco, and Seattle, and in Europe, of Essen, Flensburg, Linz, Hamburg and Zürich. International career Dramatic tenor roles In 1979 Stern moved back to Europe using his earlier stage name, Mauro Lampi, to sing the role of