“...the contralto Gráinne Gillis sang with magnetic allure as the shapeshifting Vampire Master” - Opera Magazine

Praised by the Guardian as being ‘magnificent’, Opera Magazine as singing ‘with magnetic allure’, the Observer as having a voice with 'rich, dramatic potential' and noted for her clarity of diction as well as her ‘vibrant and bright tones’ by Opera Now and noted in the German press in a recent production of Elektra for her clear German diction and ‘organ-like tones’ as Klytämnestra, Gráinne Gillis is an Irish-American contralto who is increasingly being recognised for how she inhabits roles in opera. She read Music at UCC and graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Read more.....

The Guardian on Der Vampyr:

"Gothic Opera’s production ramps up the silly in its screamy, cloak-sweeping homage to Marschner’s 1828 original, with a magnificent Gráinne Gillis as the Vampire Master"

"The Vampire Master of the original is now female, played with magnificent self-possession by contralto Gráinne Gillis."

"Most impressive was Gillis’s multitasking as chorus member, “dark mistress” and priest, her alto wonderfully earthy."

IOCO on Elektra

“Gráinne Gillis Klytämnestra war mit dunkel volltönendem Mezzosopran...Wut und Verletzlichkeit stellte sie mit großer Authentizität und involviertem Spiel dar.

....Grandios wurde musiziert und gesungen..... Eine großartige Leistung, die in ihrer Wucht jedem großen Opernhaus zur Ehre gereicht hätte.”

Klassik Begeistert on Elektra

“....die getriebene, ihrem Tod entgegen taumelnde Mutter Klytämnestra fand in Grainne Gillis ebenfalls eine überzeugende Interpretin mit orgelnder Tiefe.”

The Observer on The Medium - Fiona Maddocks

“Gillis – whose voice has rich, dramatic potential – [is] powerful in the title role.”

Opera Now on Der Vampyr

"Competing with Beadle for the diction prize was Grainne Gillis, the Vampire Master, who had the opportunity to reveal her full vocal prowess, with vibrant and bright tones, towards the end of the opera."

British Theatre on La Traviata - Matthew Lunn

"Gillis' charismatic performance....Gillis’s strong mezzo tones were even more impressive, bestowing Flora with suitable gravitas."