Janice Hall
Performance Portraits
 Janice Hall, Dr. Antonia Brico, accompanist Gary Magby after recital at Foote Hall, Colorado Women's College |
Presented here is a selection of photographs from the brilliant career of Janice Hall. Her first opera roles were sung with the Brico Symphony in Denver. She also was a member of the Colorado Chorale. After studies at the Boston Conservatory, Miss Hall began her career, at the age of 19, with the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Soon she was singing with companies such as the Washington Opera. the New York City Opera. the San Diego Opera, and the Houston Grand Opera. She spent numerous seasons performing with the Santa Fe Opera and made her European debut at the Hamburg State Opera. She also sang at the Vienna State Opera, and at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. For several years she was a member of the ensemble of the Cologne Opera. Additional European appearances include Zurich Opera, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Komische Oper Berlin, the Schwetzingen and the Salzburg Festivals. Ms. Hall has appeared with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vancouver Opera, the Flemish Opera in Antwerp, and the Festival of Perth, Australia. She performed in the New York City Opera's Emmy-winning telecast of La Traviata directed by Renata Scotto. Janice Hall's recent successes are the title role of Richard Strauss' Salome at the theatres of Hof and Kaiserslautern, Germany, I Pagliacci at Kaiserslautern, and Britten's Turn of the Screw with Ft. Worth Opera. |
 Title role in Lucia di Lammermoor Central City Opera |
 Rosina in Barber of Seville with Gunther von Kannen as Dr. Bartolo, Santa Fe Opera |
 Norina in Don Pasquale Cologne Opera (Oper de Stadt Köln) |
 Amor in L'Orione (Cavalli) Santa Fe Opera |
 Amina in La Sonnambula; makeup artist Dennis Bergevin and tenor John Aler in background, Washington Opera |
 Benita Valente (Ginevra) and Janice Hall (Dalinda) in Ariodante (Handel), Santa Fe Opera |
 Title role in The Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek) Cologne Opera |
 Samuel Ramey (Figaro) and Janice Hall (Susanna) during Marriage of Figaro, Chicago Lyric Opera |
 Violetta in La Traviata with Fernando de la Mora (Alfredo) Santa Fe Opera |
 Violetta in La Traviata Santa Fe Opera |
 Violetta in La Traviata Nancy, France |
 Janice, Renata Scotto (director) & tenor Steven Mark Brown after live telecast of La Traviata, New York City Opera |
 Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly Freiburg, Germany |
 In costume as Mimi in La Bohème New York City Opera |
 Title role in Salome Kaiserlautern, Germany |
 Title role in Salome Kaiserlautern, Germany |