Jennifer Holloway (born 1978)Jennifer Holloway in the ''Ohio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-2003'', certificate number 1978042903 is an American operatic

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and soprano who has made an international career performing at leading opera houses and festivals. She began as a mezzo-soprano singing roles such as Adalgisa in Bellini's ''

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'', and moved to soprano roles such as ''

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'' and Grete Graumann in Schreker's ''

Der ferne Klang ''Der ferne Klang'' (''The Distant Sound'') is an opera by Franz Schreker, set to his own libretto. Begun in 1903, it was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 18 August 1912. It was the composer's breakthrough to fame, and was frequently perf ...

''.

Career

Holloway was born in

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. She studied voice at the

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and the

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. In 2005, she won first prize at the Georgia region of the

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. In 2006, she won

Fort Worth Opera Fort Worth Opera is the oldest continually-performing opera company in the state of Texas and among the oldest in the United States, according to the company. While originally presenting operas one at a time over a fall/winter season, it changed ...

's McCammon Competition. Holloway achieved international recognition when she appeared at the

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in 2006 as Le Prince Charmant in Massenet's '' Cendrillon'' alongside

Joyce DiDonato Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano, she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart. ...

as Cinderella. She made her debut with the

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in the 2010/11 season as Flora in Verdi's '' La traviata'' and returned in the 2012/13 season as Tebaldo in his ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play '' Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...

''. She appeared at the

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as Adalgisa in Bellini's ''

''. She first performed the title role of ''

'' by Richard Strauss at the

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, where she also appeared as Cassandre in ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts, running for about five hours, by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed be ...

'' by Berlioz in the 2017/18 season. She first performed the role of Sieglinde in Wagner's ''

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'' at the

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. In 2018, she appeared as Donna Elvira in Mozart's ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...

'' in an open air performance of the broadcaster

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. In 2019, she appeared as Grete Graumann in Franz Schreker's ''

'' at the

Oper Frankfurt The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Schreker's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, ''Fennimore and Gerda, Fennimore ...

, where the opera had received its world premiere in 1912 as the composer's breakthrough. In a staging by

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, she portrayed the main character at three stages of life: as a young girl whose lover, the composer Fritz sung by

Ian Koziara Ian Koziara is an American operatic tenor who made an international career at major opera houses, such as the Oper Frankfurt and the Metropolitan Opera. Career Born in Chicago, Koziara received a bachelor's degree from Lawrence University Conse ...

, leaves her in search of a distant sound, as a queen of the

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, and as an old woman who is finally reunited with her lover, only to have him die in her arms. A reviewer noted her sensitive acting in all stages of the main character's life, with a brilliantly high register and at the same time a lyrical warm timbre ("in der Höhe strahlenden wie lyrisch warmem Sopran"). In concert in 2012, she sang the world premiere of ''Love and a Question'', a song cycle which

Frédéric Chaslin Frédéric Chaslin (; born 1963, in Paris) is a French conductor, composer and pianist. Early life and education The son of an architect, Chaslin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prizes in harmony, counterpoint, fugue ...

had written for her.

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