Andrea Hill
Calgary-born soprano Andrea Hill established her career in Paris and has since appeared at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden in London, across Canada, and on major stages in France.
Among her recent engagements were appearances with the Victoria Symphony in Mozart’s Requiem, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra for Bruckner’s Te Deum, Edmonton Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, along with cover assignments with the Edmonton Opera.
The 2021-2022 season saw Andrea as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic and Florida Orchestras, joining Opera Southwest in the titular role of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and returning to Opera Dijon as Despina for Così fan tutte. In 2018-2019, Andrea sang Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos at Festival d’Aix en Provence, starred as Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Opéra Théâtre de Metz Métropole, reprised Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Manitoba Opera, and joined Edmonton Opera for Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel. Rounding out that calendar year, she sang Handel’s Messiah with both the Winnipeg and Victoria Symphonies. In 2017-2018, she appeared as Karolka in Jenůfa with Pacific Opera Victoria, made her role debut as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Calgary Opera, returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Dritte Magd in Elektra and covered the role of Stéphano in their production of Roméo et Juliette.
Other recent engagements include Mallika in Delibes' Lakmé with Calgary Opera, Dritte Magd and Schleppeträgerin in Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera, Flora in Verdi's La traviata at London’s Royal Opera House, Zweite Magd in Elektra at the Gran Teatre de Liceu in Spain, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Opéra national de Lorraine à Nancy, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Calgary Philharmonic.
Ms. Hill made her début at the Palais Garnier (Opéra National de Paris) as Varvara in Katya Kabonova. She has sung the title roles of Carmen for Opéra de Tours and Dido in Dido and Aeneas with Opéra Dijon, and Octavian in excerpts of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées under the baton of Kurt Masur. With Opéra National de Paris, she has sung many roles, including Hänsel, Diane in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie under Emmanuelle Haïm, Krista in Janáček's The Makropulos Case and Der Gymnasiast in Berg's Lulu. She is an original cast member of Patrice Chéreau's final production, Strauss' Elektra. Ms. Hill has sung her roles in Elektra for Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, with whom she has also sung four roles in L'enfant et les sortilèges at Royal Festival Hall in London.
A passionate concert and chamber singer, Ms. Hill has participated in festivals, including La Grange de Meslay, Musique à l'Empéri, Festival Présences with Radio France, and the Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo, Norway.
August 2024
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““The Canadian Andrea Hill is a discovery, who invents a fine and varied Carmen. The Habanera is sung with absolute simplicity, and the Séguedille with perfect elegance; the Chanson bohème allows her to reveal more of a fire temperament, and the Card aria, a black introspection. All this with a sense of nuance that we do not often find.” ”
