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

For me, every role is personal. Whether I'm playing a nurse, a medium, a real life figure like Flora Sandes or Annie Jump Cannon, a warrior, a mother, a cat/china teacup/dragonfly, Queen of the Gods, Public Opinion, a village gossip, a Valkyrie or even a Vampyrmeister - what matters is how I channel the roles through my voice - and by respecting each and every character I play by inhabiting them fully. In the end, it's all about respecting the craft, while bringing what we all go to the opera and theatre for - the magic of performance!

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."