Paul Leland Hill

Detroit- based Bass Baritone Paul Leland Hill has become increasingly recognized for his warm voice and comedic timing. Paul graduated with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance at the University of Michigan in May 2022. While at UM, he appeared as the Sodbuster in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, Don Pasquale in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, and Pandolphe in Massenet’s Cendrillon.

Paul apprenticed at Sarasota Opera in 2020 and returned for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 season as a studio artist singing the Imperial commissioner in Madama Butterfly and Big Bob in Britten's The Little Sweep and covering the roles of Silva in Verdi’s Ernani, Wurm in Verdi's Luisa Miller, Raimondo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Basilio in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Jurg in Verdi's Stiffelio.

Paul also became a company member at Utah Festival Opera for their ’2022 and ’2023 season stepping in for the role of Mr. Maraczek in She Loves Me and as the Herald in Wagner's Lohengrin. 

Notable performances of Paul’s include: Pistola in Verdi's Falstaff, Don Magnifico in Rossini’s La cenerentola, Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and Alberich in Wagner’s Das Rheingold. 

Upcoming engagements will feature Paul covering Don Basilio with Salt Marsh Opera’s Barber of Seville, and singing as Colline in Opera on the James’s production of La bohéme. 

Having also received an undergraduate degree in Piano Performance, Paul continues to play for, coach, and teach young singers in addition to pursuing his operatic singing career.