Bass Baritone Tim Hill has received accolades for both his beautiful singing and visceral stagecraft. Of his New York City performance as Scarpia in Tosca, OperaNotes.com said "Timothy Hill was the star of the day." Newark's The Star Ledger called his Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, "...most polished, with a fine burly baritone and a developed actor's sense of timing." Last season, Tim sang the roles of Blitch in Susannah, Count in Le Nozze di Figaro both for Connecticut Lyric Opera, Sciarrone in Tosca and covered Scarpia for the Toledo Opera. During the summer of 2004, Tim participated in The Santa Fe Opera' s prestigious Apprentice Program for Singers. His assignments included covering Paolo in Simone Boccanegra, Leonato in Beatrice and Benedict, and performing scenes from Madama Butterfly, and L'elisir d'amore. In 2005, Tim returned to The Santa Fe Opera and sang the role of the Sergeant in Il barbiere di Siviglia, covered the role of Mandarin in Turandot and performed scenes from Barber¹s A Hand of Bridge and Verdi¹s Rigoletto.
Comfortable in both the worlds of opera and music theater, Tim has performed many staples of both repertories. Some of his favorite roles include Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Marcello in La Bohème, and Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods. He also has sung the role of Don Basilio in Paisiello's original and rarely performed Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Théâtre d'Evreaux in Evreaux, France. Other roles also include Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore, Melisso in Alcina and King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Tim participated in the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts' 2003 world premiere of Donizetti's Elisabeth under the baton of Will Crutchfield.
In addition to his active performing career, Tim has earned prestige as a voice and speech specialist, having served on the faculty of the New School for Drama (formerly the Actors Studio Drama School), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Wesleyan College.
