Vocalists

Jennifer Tiller Mezzo Soprano

Young mezzo soprano Jennifer Tiller quickly made her name known in the operatic world in America and critics called her a “stellar singer and actress.”  In fall of 2004,  Ms. Tiller made her New York City Opera debut as the second maiden in Richard Strauss’ Daphne.  Since then, she has also sung Edith in The Pirates of Penzance, Wowlke in La Fanciulla del West, Mercedes in Carmen, Maddalena in Il Viaggio a Reims, the Fox in The Little Prince, and Alecto and Dika in a premiere of Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata.  In 2006/2007,  she also appeared as Hansel  in Hansel and Gretel.  This season of 2007/2008,  New York City Opera highlights  include her performances in the role of Mercedes in Carmen, Erika (cover) in Vanessa and Suzuki in Madame Butterfly.

In earlier seasons, Ms. Tiller has sung Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Tulsa Opera, and Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Festival, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly , Bertha in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Flora in La Traviata and Augusta Tabor at The Ballad of Baby Doe with Opera Illinois, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with Indianapolis Opera, Mrs. McLean in Susannah with Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Festival, and Stephano in Roméo and Juliette  with Opera Grand Rapids and with Opera Northeast. 

Jennifer Tiller made her Lincoln Center debut in a concert performance of Franco Alfano’s Risurrezione, singing the roles of La Rossa and Vera, in Alice Tully Hall. In 2006/2007, she returned to Lincoln Center appearing in Avery Fisher Hall in Mozart’s C Minor Mass.   In summer of 2007, she performed Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Mozart’s Coronation Mass at the Alba Music Festival in Italy.  Ms. Tiller’s recent concert appearances included also Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem, New York, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, and a concert of German Film Songs of the 1930’s with Capital Chamber Artists in Albany, New York. 

Ms. Tiller resides in New York City.  She studied at Eastman School of Music where she received her Master of Music in Performance and Literature.