Bio
American soprano Hallie Schmidt was a 2024-2025 Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado and a 2025 Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera. This season, Hallie is engaged for two productions with Pacific Northwest Opera, including Handel’s Rinaldo as the sorceress Armida, and Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos as Zerbinetta. She has performed with Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Pacific Northwest Opera, to name a few. Recent performances include Blonde in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Pacific Northwest Opera, Frasquita in Tacoma Opera’s Carmen, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, and The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (filmed production) with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Originally from Olympia, WA, Hallie received her Bachelor of Music from Oklahoma City University, and an Artist Diploma from William Jewell College. Hallie has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Lotte Lenya Competition, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and the Seattle Opera Guild Singer Development Awards. This past season, she was also the second-place recipient in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition. During her residency at Opera Colorado in the 2024-2025 season, she covered Marie in Daughter of the Regiment and sang Inez in Il Trovatore. She is also a Co-Founder of Olympia Opera Theatre.