Upcoming Work

Vox Ensemble - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Dec 2023
Musicians of the Old Post Road - Boston/Worcester/Streaming Dec 2023

Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo soprano and Maine native, has been performing in and around Boston for over 15 years. A dynamic and physical performer, the lyric mezzo blends her personality and bright vocal color to create memorable performances in the greater Boston area.  This past year, she was a featured soloist with the Musicians of the Old Post Road, the Myriam Ensemble, and with the Choir of the Church of the Advent. On the opera stage, she has brought to life the role of Jean de Morcerf in Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon, Jacquot in Offenbach’s Pierette et Jacquot - both with Opera del West., Roma in the staged premier of Ketty Nez’s The Fiddler and the Old Woman of Rumelia with Juventas, Cupid, Orpheus in the Underworld, Cherubino and Betty Parris in the Pulitzer Prize Award Winning opera The Crucible, with the Boston Opera Collaborative.  

Other past roles include: Cenerentola (cover); Hänsel;  L'enfant in L'enfant et les sortileges; Ruggiero(cover), Alcina;  Suor Infermiera, Suor Angelica;  Second & Third Spirit, The Magic Flute; Sensuality, Egisto; Mrs. Bassett, Summer in Smoke; and La Marchande, The Breasts of Tiresias.

In addition to her operatic work, Ms. Walker enjoys recital work and performing with other ensembles. She is founding member of Tramontana early music quintet, and has performed with other prestigious groups such as Odyssey Opera, Boston Baroque, the Choir of the Church of the Advent, the former Opera Boston, BMOP, MIT’s Grand Canonical Ensemble, and the Lorelei Ensemble. She has also been featured on recital series performing Bach's alto cantata 35 with harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa.

A student of Michael Meraw, Ms. Walker earned her Masters from New England Conservatory in 2008. Before moving to Boston, she earned her B.A. in music from Vassar College.