Hailey Clark

Critics are saying...

"Hailey Clark as Rachel had enough power for the finale with her big, wonderfully timbred soprano and also found the right colors for the intimate passages of her romance "Il va venir" in the second act."

- DAS OPERNGLAS

"HAILEY CLARK IS A DAZZLING RACHEL IN MANY FACETS.
HER GENTLE, GLOWING-FROM-THE-INSIDE SOPRANO OUTSHINES THE ORCHESTRAL SOUND, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND CAN CLING TO IT LIKE A VELVET CARPET."
-OPERNWELT

"HAILEY CLARK MAKES THE TITLE ROLE [ALCINA] THRILLINGLY HER OWN "
-FINANCIAL TIMES

"VOCALLY AND EMOTIONALLY TOUCHING..."
-THE HUFFINGTON POST

"As Fiordiligi, Hailey Clark triumphed in “Come scoglio” and “Per pietà,” displaying little trouble with the former's leaps and bounds, while acquiring a warm, floating soprano and effortless trills in the latter."

-OPERA NEWS

Hailed by OPERA NEWS for her "warm and effortless" singing and widely recognized for her vibrant interpretations, American lyric soprano Hailey Clark has made her mark in Europe and North America. A winner of the Austrian Music Theater Prize for Best Female in a Leading Role for her European debut at the Salzburger Landestheater, she continues to garner praise on the international stage for her shimmering, signature portrayals of Mozart heroines, and her versatility in operatic and concert repertoire spanning nearly three centuries.

Upcoming engagements in 2024/25 include debuts of Richard Strauss' Vier Lezte Lieder with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Turkey, her title role debut as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, her role debut as Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro with Palm Beach Opera, and her return to The Royal Concertgebouw as the Soprano I Soloist (Magna Peccatrix) in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Concertgebouw orchestra, lead by Klaus Mäkelä as a part of Mahler Festival 2025 in Amsterdam. Clark, newly appointed Assistant Professor of Voice, also appears regularly in collaboration and performance as a tenure-track faculty member at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music in Nashville, Tennessee.

Recent appearances have included her debut at Wagner’s Bayreuth Festival as Freia in Das Rheingold, her debut at The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as the Queen of Hearts in the Dutch premier of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and role debuts as Nedda in Pagliacci with Austin Opera, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus with Central City Opera, and Gerhilde in Die Walküre with the Dresden Philharmonic. She recently returned to her most-performed role of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Palm Beach Opera, and a revisted her breakout role of Rachel in La Juive at the Hannover State Opera in Germany, which OPERNWELT hailed as “dazzling and powerful,” and for which OPER! magazine awarded the company “Opera House of the Year” in 2020.

In addition to her classical calendar, Clark is a singer-songwriter and recording artist, with releases like her debut single "Unraveled" and her debut EP "Sad Girl Songs" available for streaming and download on all platforms worldwide. A noted International masterclass clinician, voice teacher, young artist advocate and career consultant, Hailey Clark serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, and maintains a private studio of voice students in Nashville, TN. She is an active member of the National Opera Association and The National Association of Teachers of Singing.