La bohème
"Imaginative staging also lifted Musetta's famous aria quite literally off the ground, giving her a raised center-of-attention platform that perfectly fitted her exhibitionistic character and flamboyant singing style. Jillian Boye made the most of both, with her pert flirtatiousness and voluptuously seductive voice."
The Livermore Independent, 2011
"Both Krassen Karagiozov, as Marcello, and Jillian Boye, Musetta, were consistently secure in their roles and vocal production. Boye's edgy soprano was an ideal fit..."
The Metro, San Jose Arts & Entertainment, 2011
Die Fledermaus
"Ms. Boye sang all of her numbers with effervescence and and high energy. She delivered her cheeky chambermaid's difficult coloratura runs and laughing notes in the Act II show-stopper "My Dear Marquis,"... with perfect comedic emphasis and intonation."
The Livermore Independent, 2010
Cavalleria rusticana
"The second that Lola walks on the stage, it's clear she has captured Turridu's heart and doesn't mind flaunting it in front of Santuzza. Lola's flirty, seductive character is conveyed clearly through ... Boye's superb acting and singing."
The Livermore Independent, 2009
Manon
"His dotty lady admirers (soprano Jillian Boye and mezzo-sopranos Cathleen Candia and Betany Coffland) formed a virtuoso power-trio in close harmony."
San Jose Mercury News, 2009
Carmen
"... all shone, though soprano Jillian Boye as Frasquita stood out, providing much needed ampage when energy flagged around her."
San Jose Mercury News, 2009
"I have always been a sucker for the sopranos who are cast as Carmen's sidekick Frasquita, and Jillian Boye certainly continues that tradition, playing the part as a kind of gypsy goth girl."
The Opera Critic, 2009
Die Zauberflöte
"Jillian Boye as Papgena was delightful, disguised as the old woman with a funny old-crone voice."
San Francisco Classical Voice, 2008
Orpheus in the Underworld
"... the debut of an exceptional young singer. Jillian Boye's Eurydice vied with the huge voices of Reed (Jupiter) and Martin Rojas-Dietrich (John Styx), and occasionally just blew them away. Boye ... has a terrific voice."
San Francisco Classical Voice, 2008
"The production was anchored by Jillian Boye's excellent performance as Eurydice. She brought a powerful voice, good comedic instincts and a vivacious presence to the role."
KQED Arts and Culture, 2008
Werther
"As to foil her was Jillian Boye as younger sister Sophie, whose bright soprano has been heard in three previous Opera San Jose productions. She played the coquette in duets with the men, and proved attentively sympathetic in intimate moments with her distraught sister."
San Francisco Classical Voice, 2007
Un ballo in maschera
"Soprano Jillian Boye (as Oscar, loyal pageboy to the King) was charmingly perky and mischievous."
San Jose Mercury News, 2005
"In the part of Oscar, the page, soprano Jillian Boye was chirpy and eager throughout, her reedy tone cutting through the vocal melange like a warm knife through butter."
San Jose Metro, 2005
The Crucible
"Other standout portrayals [included] ... Jillian Boye (Mary Warren)."
San Jose Mercury News, 2005
Le nozze di Figaro
"Sandra Rubalcava's Susanna and Jillian Boye's Barbarina made a finely-matched pair, both small in stature ... but singing accurately, and acting up a storm."
San Francisco Classical Voice, 2004