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Jeffrey Halili
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| Filipino-Canadian tenor Jeffrey Halili made his New York City Opera debut as Bardolfo in their revival of Falstaff this past spring. He performed Nick in Fanciulla at the St. Bart's Music Festival with Maestro Stephen Mercurio this winter. 2007 featured debuts with Michigan Opera Theater, New Orleans Opera and a return to Virginia Opera as Nerone in Agrippina with a "high-wire intensity of his vocal and physical skills". Mr Halili has performed Harry in La Fanciulla del West with Florida Grand Opera and a "highly energized and graceful" Gastone in La Traviata with Virginia Opera. . Displaying his versatility, he also sang his first Duke in Rigoletto with the Dubuque Symphony.
He has attended several notable summer programs including those at Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Chautauqua Opera where he gave "first rate performances" |
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| as Goro in Madama Butterfly, Normanno in Lucia, and Giles Corey in The Crucible. At Santa Fe Opera he performed Ajax in La Belle Helene alongside Susan Graham. In concert, he has performed with Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic. His repertoire includes Uriel in The Creation, Handel's Messiah, Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, and Arthur Honegger's oratorio King David. |
| He is recently a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts where he performed numerous roles in operas including Rigoletto, La Navarrise, 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 energy" in AVA'a 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 gave consistant pleasure" |
Mr. Halili recently received an encouragemant grant from the 2007 Sullivan Foundation and was chosen to be 2nd prize for the 2008 Liederkranz Competition. He also was a 1st place winner and Audience Choice of the 2004 AVA Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, and a 2006 Metropolitan Opera Competition New York Regional Finalist. He received his Master's degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University and his Bachelor's in Vocal Performance from the State University of New York at Buffalo. |
| Upcoming engagements next season take Mr. Halili to Hawaii Opera Theatre and Minnesota Opera as
Pedrillo in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and to Miami as Goro in Florida Grand Opera's new Butterfly. |
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