Janice Hall
Soprano
New England First Place Winner, 1976
National Council Finalist, 1976

Versatile soprano Janice Hall has had a long and distinguished career in opera and concert, including performances at many of the world's celebrated opera houses.

In the U.S., Miss Hall has appeared. with, among others, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Washington Opera, San Diego Opera, and the Houston Grand Opera.  Her numerous appearances at the Santa Fe Opera Festival include leading roles in The Barber of Seville, La Calisto, The Beggar's Opera, and La Traviata. She performed as Violetta in the New York City Opera’s Emmy-winning telecast of La Traviata, directed by legendary soprano Renata Scotto, in the Live from Lincoln Center series.

Miss Hall made her European debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Hamburg State Opera; she also sang the role at the Cologne Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. For several years she was a member of the Cologne Opera ensemble, where her repertoire included Lucia,Gilda, Violetta, Adina, Liu, Susanna, Lauretta, Ninetta in Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra, and the title role in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen.

Additional European appearances included Micaela in Carmen with the Zurich Opera; Il Matrimonio Segreto at Teatro La Fenice, Venice; La Boheme and Madama Butterfly at the Komische Oper Berlin, and several productions at the Schwetzingen Festival, two of which (Agrippina and La Cambiale di Matrimonio) were filmed for German television and later released on DVD.  For two seasons she performed at the Salzburg Festival, appearing in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse In Patria, and various concert venues.
Janice Hall twice performed the title role of Strauss’ demanding opera Salome. This led to an exploration of more contemporary pieces, including Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Weill’s Street Scene.

For many years a resident of Cologne, Germany, Miss Hall returned to live in the U.S. in 2007. She has now expanded her horizons, and in addition to opera performances she is adding theater and cabaret appearances.
Her most recent appearances on the opera stage were in the operatic version of Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America, with the BBC Symphony in London, and in the world premiere of Jorge Martin's opera, Before Night Falls, in Fort Worth.  A CD of the Martin opera was recently released. She will return to Fort Worth in 2012, for Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers.

In November, 2010, Janice made a critically-acclaimed New York solo cabaret debut with her show, Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich. She is the recipient of a 2011 Bistro Award for Best Tribute Show.

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