Biography

American soprano Hallie Schmidt is engaged for the 2024-2025 season as an Artist in Residence at Opera Colorado. There she will cover Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment, as well as sing the student matinee, followed by Musetta (study cover) in La Bohème, and Inez in the spring concert production of Il Trovatore. Hallie will also sing Berta in The Barber of Seville, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel in Opera Colorado’s touring productions. In the 2023-2024 season, Hallie returned to Pacific Northwest Opera as Blondchen in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail, following her engagement as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro in November of 2023. Previously in 2023, Ms. Schmidt made her debut with the Pacific Northwest Opera as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier.

She began her 2022/2023 season at Vashon Opera where she sang Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Following that engagement, Hallie returned to Opera Theatre of St. Louis for a filmed production of The Magic Flute, where she sang The Queen of the Night. Hallie was a District Winner in the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and was also awarded the Grace Keagy in the 2022 Lotte Lenya Competition. She was also was an encouragement award winner in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the winner of the 2020 Hawaii Performing Arts Festival Classical Vocal Competition.

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