
Phillips joined the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra for Orff’s Carmina Burana and before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, was scheduled to make her German debut at Oper Frankfurt in the title role of Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero in a new production by director Tilmann Köhler as well as her Austrian debut in the same role at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl in the Summer of 2020. Phillips can also be heard on the Grammy nominated original cast recording in the role of Katie in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, a role she created at the Santa Fe Opera that was recorded with the Pentatone Recording Labelįor the 2019 – 2020 season, Ms. Phillips has performed across the United States as an operatic & concert soloist in the high lyric soprano repertoire with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Ravinia Festival, Arizona Opera, Tucson Desert Song Festival, Austin Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Cincinnati Opera, New Orleans Opera Association, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, Oregon Music Festival, Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, True Concord Festival Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Opera Theatre, Kentucky Opera, Opera Southwest, Brevard Music Center and the Bayview Music Festival. Phillips will also make her Austrian debut at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl in the Summer of 2022 in the same production. Phillips returns to the opera stage after the pandemic shutdown to make her European debut at Oper Frankfurt in the title role of Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero in a new production by director Tilmann Köhler. High lyric soprano Heather Phillips, whose performances have been described by Opera News as “beautiful” and “shimmering”, is continuing to garner critical acclaim with reputable performances on the opera and concert stage.
