"The most satisfying singing came
from Hallie Neill, a voice with lots
of color and bite!" (Don Giovanni)
–Baltimore Sun
"Her stunningly beautiful voice
is pure, free and silvery even
at its very top." (Merry Widow)
–Trenton Times
"Of all the sopranos, her tone
quality stands out above the rest" (Sacco and Vanzetti)
–Sarasota Herald Tribune
"Hallie Neill immediately impressed
with her beguiling soprano and
pyrotechnical embellishments.
She also showed she was
equally at home on Broadway."
–The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand
"Where does this 'juicy lyric'
perform the rest of the year?"
(Anna in Le Villi) –Gay City News
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A "rapturous singing actress" (New York Times), Hallie Neill has an uncommon versatility for opera, operetta and musical theatre. She has created leading roles in two world premieres: Anton Coppola’s Sacco and Vanzetti for Opera Tampa and Philip Glass’s La Belle et la Bete in performances for the Netherlands Opera, and throughout Italy, Germany and Switzerland. She has appeared in opera concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, on tour with Columbia Community Concerts, and in opera/Broadway concerts throughout the Middle East and Asia. Her operatic repertoire includes the leading soprano roles in Tosca, Falstaff, Traviata, Don Giovanni, Carmen, Le Villi, La Boheme, Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, and The Song of Norway and she has appeared with the Cairo Opera, Teatro Lirico d’Europa, Mozart Festival Opera, Opera 2001 of Spain, New York Grand Opera, Anchorage Opera, Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey, Pensacola, Gold Coast Opera, San Diego and Long Beach Light Opera Companies and the Paper Mill Playhouse.