Vocalists

Jennifer Tiller Soprano

Described as "a stellar singer and actress", American soprano Jennifer Tiller is currently enjoying her transition into new repertoire. Her first operatic soprano role, as Nedda in I Pagliacci with Anchorage Opera, was a huge success. The Anchorage Daily News stated, "the only voice that reached my spine was that of soprano Jennifer Tiller in the role of Nedda… with lively inflection and solid acting that made her the strongest character in this production." The Anchorage Press reported "Jennifer Tiller played Nedda as world worn and innocent at the same time, mean-spirited one moment and eager to believe in possibilities the next. Her reliably emotive performance made her character the most rounded and complex, and her voice was the most memorable."

Formerly a mezzo-soprano, she sang many roles at New York City Opera, beginning in the Fall of 2004, as the second maid in Daphne by Richard Strauss. Since then, she has also sung Hansel, Mercedes, The Fox in Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince, Alecto and Dika in the New York City premiere of Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata, and many other roles, all with New York City Opera. One of her greatest successes was as Suzuki, performed and broadcast as part of "Live from Lincoln Center" in New York City Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly, which won an Emmy in 2008. She has also enjoyed performing the roles of Stephano with Opera Grand Rapids and Opera Northeast, Cherubino with Tulsa Opera and Cedar Rapids Opera, Augusta Tabor and Suzuki with Opera Illinois, and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with Indianapolis Opera, among others. Her first soprano engagement occurred last May in a new piece by Steve Potter, entitled The Officers, in the role of Simile, as part of the VOX showcase, presented by New York City Opera. Ms. Tiller looks forward to endless possibilities in her new repertoire, and she is currently studying roles such as Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira, Margureite, Micaela, and Ann Trulove. Next is a return to New York City Opera to participate in Chabrier’s L’Etoile. Also a lover of secular and sacred choral works, Ms. Tiller made her European debut in 2007 with the Alba Music Festival in Alba, Italy, singing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. She has sung in Lincoln Center’s Aver Fisher Hall with the National Chorale in Mozart’s Requiem and Mozart’s C Minor Mass, and in Alice Tully Hall in a concert version of Franco Alfano’s Risurrezione. She has also sung with the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra and with the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. Her final mezzo-soprano engagement was in May of 2008 with the National Chorale, again in Avery Fisher Hall, in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.