Jeffrey Hallili Biography

Suor Angelica Cast

Jeffrey Hallili (Don Curzio)

Jeffrey Halili has the keen performing instincts that any good character tenor needs. Jeffrey has just performed Borsa with San Antonio Opera as well as Goro with New York City Opera this spring and a concert with the Philly Pops. He also performed Goro for San Antonio Opera to open 2009-10 as well as concerts of Carmina Burana, Britten's St. Nicholas and Monteverdi's Vespers during the current season. Last season the Filipino-Canadian tenor made his debut as Pedrillo with both Minnesota and Hawaii Opera Theater. He also returned to Florida Grand Opera to perform Goro in a critically acclaimed production of Madama Butterfly as well as to New York for New York City Oper's Magic Flute at the River to River Festival this summer. He was featured in Sound Bites in the February 2009 issue of Opera News where he was described as having " the sweetness of a high lyric tenor, but there's a hint of steel that suggests a Mime in the making". Career highlights include debuts with New York City Opera, Michigan, New Orleans, Virginia and Florida Grand Opera in works such as Turandot, Lucia, Agrippina, La Traviata and Fanciulla del West.

Mr. Halili is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts where he performed numerous roles in operas including Rigoletto, La Navarraise, Iolanta, Cosi fan tutte, Elektra, L'Amico Fritz, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflote and Lucia di Lammermoor. "[Hurling] himself across the stage with demonic enery" in AVA's production of Das Rheingold, "the clever fire god Loge furnished tenor Jeffrey Halili with an excellent vehicle for his gifts; his dynamic characterization, deft verbal pointing and legato flow [which] gave consistant pleasure". He has attended several notable summer programs including those at Glimmerglass, Santa Fe and Chautauqua where he gave "first rate performances" as Goro in Madama Butterfly, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor and Giles Corey in the Crucible. At Santa Fe Opera, he perfomed Ajax in La Belle Helene alongside Susan Graham.


He received his Master's in Vocal Performance from Indiana University and his Bachelor's in Vocal Performance from the State University of New York.

Upcoming performances include a return to Opera San Antonio as Don Basilio, the Verdi Requiem with the Lancaster Symphony and to Nashville for Incredibile in Andrea Chenier. Roles in preparation include Guillot in Manon and Mime in Wagner's Ring.