Molly Jane Hill is an all-too-rare true dramatic mezzo-soprano. Her rich, round voice and voluptuous demeanor make her perfectly suited for the full Verdi and Wagner repertoire.

In the 2017/18 season, Ms. Hill is making her role debut of Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera with Livermore Valley Opera and is reprising Maddalena in Rigoletto with Charlottesville Opera. In 2016 she was an audience and critic favorite as Mrs. Lovett in the Glimmerglass Festival production of Sweeney Todd where she also sang the role of Susan Walcott in The Crucible. She returned to Virginia Opera to cover Anna 1 in Weill's Seven Deadly Sins.

In recent seasons, Molly Hill has appeared as Venus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Virginia Opera, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Livermore Valley Opera, and as Eunice Hubbell in A Streetcar Named Desire with Opera Santa Barbara. As an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera, she performed Sister Lillianne in Dead Man Walking (while covering Mrs. DeRocher), Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Flora in La Traviata, Frau Schmidt in The Sound of Music, and Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha. With Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater Company she delighted audiences as The Mother in The Consul and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus.Read More

While pursuing her Master’s Degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Ms. Hill performed as Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti, La Principessa in Suor Angelica, the title role in Michael John LaChiusa’s Bernarda Alba, The Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, and the title role in Carmen. On the concert stage she has performed the mezzo solos in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Colburn Orchestra and, returning as a guest artist, sang Wagner’s Wessendonck Lieder with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra.

Molly Hill has won awards from the Western Region and the Los Angeles Region Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, and the Pasadena Opera Guild. She is the 2015 winner of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, the 2014 First Place winner of the East Bay Opera League Competition, and recipient of the Dorsey Family Award at Central City Opera. Read Less

“Acerba voluttà” from Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur

“Weiche, Wotan, weiche” from Wagner’s Das Rheingold

Bellini Romeo - I Capuleti e i Montecchi Adalgisa - Norma Berg Countess Geschwitz - Lulu Bizet Carmen - Carmen Britten Mrs. Herring - Albert Herring Lucretia - The Rape of Lucretia Cilea Princ.ssa di Bouillon - Adriana Lecouvreur Donizetti Giovanna Seymour - Anna Bolena Leonora - La Favorita Dvořák Ježibaba - Rusalka Gounod Martha - Faust Händel Juno - Semele Humperdinck The Witch, The Mother - Hansel and Gretel Janáček Starenka - Jenůfa Mascagni Santuzza - Cavalleria Rusticana Menotti The Mother - Amahl and the Night Visitors The Mother- The Consul Moore Augusta, McCourt - Ballad of Baby Doe

Ponchielli La Cieca, Laura - La Gioconda Poulenc Mère Marie - Les Dialogues des Carmélites Puccini Zitta - Gianni Schicchi Suzuki - Madama Butterfly La Zia Principessa - Suor Angelica Frugola - Il Tabarro Saint-Saëns Dalila - Samson et Dalila Richard Strauss Komponist - Ariadne auf Naxos Stravinsky Baba the Turk - The Rake's Progress Tchaikovsky Larina - Eugene Onegin Countess - Pique-Dame Verdi Ulrica - Un Ballo in Maschera Eboli - Don Carlos Preziosilla - La Forza del Destino Amalia - Luisa Miller Maddalena - Rigoletto Azucena - Il Trovatore Dame Quickly - Falstaff Wagner Waltraute - Götterdämmerung Ortrud - Lohengrin Kundry - Parsifal Fricka, Erda - Das Rheingold Erda - Siegfried Brangäne - Tristan und Isolde Fricka - Die Walküre Weill Leocadia - Rise/Fall...Mahagonny

This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography listed in the downloadable materials on our Artist Roster Page.

“Hill was terrific. The mezzo-soprano brought maturity and an authority to the role that belied her years and experience and wasn’t afraid to color her operatic trained voice to serve the character. Her acting was both specific and funny. Her Mrs. Lovett could be manipulative as the role demanded, but she drew the audience in to sympathize with her too as she discovered both a romantic and unlikely business partner.” (Sweeney Todd, The Glimmerglass Festival)

Susan Galbraith, DC THEATER SCENE, 2016

“Molly Jane Hill, the cover singer for Mrs. Lovett, was assured and funny in a tough role.”

Anne Midgette, WASHINGTON POST, 2016

“a promising debut in the role of Mrs. Lovett by understudy Molly Jane Hill...Hill’s Mrs. Lovett was more feminine and natural than Angela Lansbury’s energetic, slightly dotty portrayalin the original Broadway production or Patti Lupone’s hard-edged Mrs. Lovett.”

Barbara Jepson, CLASSICAL VOICE AMERICA, 2016

“Mrs. Lovett...played instead by Young Artist mezzo-soprano Molly Jane Hill in a delightful turn that gave sterling testament to her talents, stamina, and professional preparation.”

Charles Geyer, MY SCENA, 2016

“Mary Beth Nelson, Maren Weinberger, Emma Grimsley, and Molly Jane Hill play the other girls who share in instigating the jailing and murder of so many innocent people. The singers throw themselves into the physical and emotional challenges of their roles, and their technical execution of Fogel’s choreography is superb.” (The Crucible, The Glimmerglass Festival)

Susan Galbraith, DC THEATER SCENE, 2016

“Each of the cast members in the smaller roles gave extraordinary individual performances...Colorado mezzo-soprano Molly Jane Hill was Susana Walcott.”

William Burnett, Opera War Horses, 2016

“Best Opera Diva in a Supporting Role: Molly Jane Hill, Central City Opera.” (Flora in La Traviata, Central City Opera)”

David Marlowe, MARLOWE'S MUSINGS, 2015

“Among the apprentice artists, bass Andy Berry stands out as Baron Douphol, Alfredo's false rival, as do mezzo-soprano Molly Jane Hill as Flora Bervoix and soprano Jin-Xiang Yu as Violetta's faithful maid Anina.”

Kelly Dean Hanson, DAILY CAMERA, 2015

“Among the others, special mention should be made of...Molly Hill's lusty Venus.”

Paul A. Sayegh, VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 2015

“Molly Jane Hill (Housekeeper) on "I'm Only Thinking of Him" one of the funniest moments in the performance.”

Michael W. Harris, DAILY CAMERA, 2015

“A supporting cast of marvelous singers included... Molly Jane Hill (Eunice Hubbell) the Kowalski's grumbling upstairs neighbor.” (A Streetcar Named Desire)”

Daniel Kepl, CASA MAGAZINE, 2015

“Molly Hill made a fine contribution as Maddalena, a slattern with a smoky voice and bawdy frankness” (A Little Of This, A Little Of That!)”

Steven Winn, SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE, 2014