Gretchen Pille

Gretchen Pille is an American soprano known for her delightfully energetic presence. Ms. Pille is based in New York City, and recently spent the summer as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera where she study-covered Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide and performed on several opera and musical theater scenes programs. An advocate for the creation of new music, Ms. Pille is a founding member of The Meadowlark Project and has organized several Liederabend events which premiered the works of several composers. In 2018 she made her Kennedy Center debut premiering Kevin Walczyks’s Symphony No. 5: Freedom from Fear: Images from the Shoreline. Other recent roles include Queen of the Night and First Lady in the The Magic Flute, Gretchen in The Student Prince, Alexandra in Regina. Upcoming roles include Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and Nella in Gianni Schicchi. Ms. Pille is from Omaha, Nebraska and holds music degrees from The University of Nebraska and The University of Kansas.