Soprano Rachel Hall has been praised as "a force of nature… with a gracefully huge voice" (Berkshire Fine Arts) for her August 2017 breakout performances in the title role in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen with New York's Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble. Throughout the 2017–2018 season, Ms. Hall was seen as Giannetta in L'elisir d’amore (Opera Company of Middlebury), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Opera of the James) and Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana (Canton Symphony Orchestra). Ms. Hall also made her contemporary opera debut as Madeline Usher in Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher at the iconic Mass MoCA.
Past roles include Gretel (Hansel and Gretel; Jacksonville Symphony, Little Orchestra Society at Avery Fisher Hall), Adeline (Serenade, original off-Broadway production), Adina (l’Elisir d’amore, Shreveport Opera), Soprano Soloist in Beethoven #9 and Brahms’ Requiem (Canton Symphony) and Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate (Santa Fe Symphony). Ms. Hall spent two seasons at the Santa Fe Opera singing Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and performing scenes (Ariodante, Don Pasquale, Gianni Schicchi, The Turn of the screw) and one season with Shreveport Opera, performing Micaëla (La tragédie de Carmen) and Valencienne (The Merry Widow). She earned her MM degree at Manhattan School of Music and her BM in Voice performance and music education at Appalachian State University.
Rachel has been giving master classes and teaching privately since 2010 and is thrilled to be a part of the Long Ridge Music Center! Rachel is passionate about sharing her love for music with others and believes in creating a fun and positive learning environment for her students. As well as learning technical skills, it is important to Rachel to enable her students to gain self-esteem, performance experience and explore a variety of genres and styles during his/her musical journey.
Past roles include Gretel (Hansel and Gretel; Jacksonville Symphony, Little Orchestra Society at Avery Fisher Hall), Adeline (Serenade, original off-Broadway production), Adina (l’Elisir d’amore, Shreveport Opera), Soprano Soloist in Beethoven #9 and Brahms’ Requiem (Canton Symphony) and Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate (Santa Fe Symphony). Ms. Hall spent two seasons at the Santa Fe Opera singing Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and performing scenes (Ariodante, Don Pasquale, Gianni Schicchi, The Turn of the screw) and one season with Shreveport Opera, performing Micaëla (La tragédie de Carmen) and Valencienne (The Merry Widow). She earned her MM degree at Manhattan School of Music and her BM in Voice performance and music education at Appalachian State University.
Rachel has been giving master classes and teaching privately since 2010 and is thrilled to be a part of the Long Ridge Music Center! Rachel is passionate about sharing her love for music with others and believes in creating a fun and positive learning environment for her students. As well as learning technical skills, it is important to Rachel to enable her students to gain self-esteem, performance experience and explore a variety of genres and styles during his/her musical journey.