American soprano Hallie Schmidt will begin the 25/26 season at Pacific Northwest Opera for both productions of Rinaldo and Ariadne auf Naxos. This past season, Hallie was an Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado, where she covered Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment, and performed the role in the student matinee. Additionally she sang Inez in their concert production of Il Trovatore, and covered Musetta in La Boheme. This past summer she was also an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera. Previous credits with PNO include Blonde in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. Other recent credits include Frasquita in Carmen (Tacoma Opera), Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, and The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (filmed production) with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Hallie has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Lotte Lenya Competition, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and was the 2023 winner of the Seattle Opera Guild Singer Development Awards. This season, Hallie was also awarded second place at the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition. She is also a Co-Founder of Olympia Opera Theatre. www.hallieschmidtsoprano.com