
8 with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas and the Houston Symphony with Eschenbach, Bergen Philharmonic, and the Norddeutsche Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Eschenbach Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass at the Grant Park Music Festival Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony under the batons of Nicolas McGegan and Sir Andrew Davis and with the National Arts Centre Orchestra under the baton of Trevor Pinnock Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Houston Symphony under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Mariss Jansons conducting Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevskywith the National Symphony under the baton of Hans Graf Maria Aegyptiaca in Mahler’s Symphony No.

She has sung Verdi’s Requiem with the Toronto Symphony under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, Tucson Symphony, and Calgary Philharmonic Mahler’s Symphony No. Grove has performed the role of Haushälterin in Die schweigsame Frau with Théâtre du Châtelet the Deaconess in Szymanowski’s Krol Roger Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera with Welsh National Opera and Teatro Carlo Felice and Erda in Siegfried and the First Norn in Götterdämmerung with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich under the baton of Kent Nagano.Ī sought-after concert soloist, she has joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Utah Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Santa Fe Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. The mezzo’s other recent performances include Auntie in Peter Grimes with Canadian Opera Company Jenny Reefer in Thompson’s The Mother of Us All conducted by Donald Runnicles at San Francisco Opera Dame Quickly in Falstaff, Muschel in Die ägyptische Helena, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Ursule in Béatrice et Bénédict, and Antonia’s Mother in Les contes d’Hoffmann with Santa Fe Opera Erda in Siegfried, Nutrice in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, and Zita in Gianni Schicchi at Los Angeles Opera Amneris in Aida in previous performances with Canadian Opera Company and New Orleans Opera Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera with San Diego Opera and the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas with Philharmonia Baroque.

At the Metropolitan Opera, her performances include Erda in Götterdämmerung and Das Rheingold, Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Madelon in Andrea Chénier, Pantalis in Mefistofele, Emila in Otello, Mary in Die fliegende Holländer, Auntie in Peter Grimes, die Muschel in Die ägyptische Helena, and Cornelia in Giulio Cesare. Grove is a frequent guest at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, she has sung previous performances of Ježibaba in Rusalka and in past seasons, has joined the company as Klytaemnestra in Elektra, the Witch in Hansel und Gretel, Die Amme in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Amneris in Aida, Erda in Götterdämmerung, and Countess Geschwitz in Lulu. In addition, she returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the world premiere of Wlad Marhulet’s The Property in performances throughout the Chicagoland area in the inaugural season of Lyric Unlimited, a new educational initiative that expands community engagement through artistic innovation. She also made her role and company debut with Utah Opera as Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress with Thierry Fischer conducting and sang Elgar’s The Kingdom at the Grand Park Music Festival. Last season, she reprised Klytaemnestra in Elektra with Michigan Opera Theatre and Ježibaba in Rusalka in her with New Orleans Opera in. Future engagements include returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera. She also returns to Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress with Pittsburgh Opera and, in her home state of Texas, Verdi’s Requiem with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.


Praised by the Chicago Tribune for her “firmly knit tone from top to bottom of an imposingly wide range,” American mezzo-soprano Jill Grove makes returns to Houston Grand Opera as Ježibaba in Rusalka, Lyric Opera of Chicago as Margret in Wozzeck, and San Francisco Opera as Buryja in Jenůfa in the 2015-16 season.
