CARAMI HILAIRE Soprano

Lirico-spinto soprano Carami Hilaire, praised for her “marvelous sound, rich and luscious", (Opera News) is poised to become an international name in the Verismo repertoire.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has featured her in concert performances of Tosca and she recently sang her first Musetta in La bohème with Regina Opera. Her subsequent performances of the title role in Aida were a resounding critical success: “Hilaire’s intimate phrasing floated over the tumult of the strings, and in the moments where her voice soared, she earned the applause which nearly brought the show to a stop." (OperaWire). Other recent engagements have included a recital sponsored by the Wagner Society of New York, the title role in Suor Angelica in Italy, and a concert with Opera Memphis. In 2020 she starred in two prominent White Snake Projects by activist producer Cerise Lin Jacobs: Alice in the Pandemic, and Essential Songs, commissioned works on the devastation that Covid-19 wreaked on the lives of essential workers.

‘Mimi’ has appeared with Sarasota Opera, Opera Saratoga, Teatro Nuovo, New Jersey Verismo Opera, and the Internationale Opernwerkstatt of Switzerland. In 2019 she was a featured soloist in Symphony of the Mountains’ Song of the Slave. She anticipates two debuts in the 2021-22 season: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth with Knoxville Opera, and the role of Tia in Cosmic Cowboy with White Snake Projects.

A notable prize recipient, Ms. Hilaire received the Aprile Millo award from the Premiere Opera International Vocal Competition, was awarded a Julian Autrey Foundation grant, and won an encouragement award from the Wagner Society of New York. This unique and soulful performer hails from Brooklyn, NY. She attended the Mannes School of Music where she earned a Professional Studies Diploma.

JANUARY 2021