Daniel Holmes - Tenor
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American tenor Daniel Holmes has been praised as a "confident and passionate Roméo" in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette with Opera North, and enthusiastically lauded as Alfredo in La Traviata, "his voice was smooth and controlled, and he sang with unpretentious confidence."
Other opera roles include Rodolfo (La Bohème) at at the Ravello Festival in Italy; Gérald (Lakmé), Rodolpho and Carlo (I Masnadieri) with Sarasota Opera; Hoffmann in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with the Tri-Cities Opera (NY); Tom in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress; Sam in Floyd's Susannah, and Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. He has also covered leading roles with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
This season he made a spectacular début with the Minneapolis Orchestra in The Three Tenors: A New Generation and triumphed in his first Don José with Mississippi Opera. He sings Rodolfo at the Ash Lawn Opera Festival this Summer, and Macduff in his company début with Dayton Opera in January 2008. He will appear as soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Lake Forest Symphony to celebrate the end of their Fiftieth season May 30, 31 and June 1 2008.
Recently, he made his concert début with The Virginia Consort as soloist in Mozart's Requiem. and sang his first Macduff with the Center City Opera Theatre of Philadelphia.
He has appeared with many other illustrious opera companies including Washington National Opera, Baltimore Opera, Annapolis Opera, Opera Vivente (MD), Washington Summer Opera (DC), Lake George Opera, Glens Falls Symphony (NY), Peabody Opera Theatre (MD), Maryland Opera Society and Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia.
Mr. Holmes earned his Bachelor of Music degree in voice performance at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and an Artist Diploma from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He was awarded the Kern Career Grant of the Sarasota Opera in 2005, and he was the 2003 winner of the Baltimore Music Club Competition. Other honors include grants and prizes from the Rosa Ponselle Foundation, the Marie Crump Vocal Competition of the Maryland Opera Society, and the Heinz Rehfuss Competition of the Orlando Opera (FL). He is the most recent recipient of the prestigious Arleen Auger Memorial Fund's Career Development Prize.
Tamino | The Magic Flute | OperaNorth | Aug 14, 16, 20 & 23, 2008 at 7:30pm |
SOLOIST | Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | The Virginia Consort | Mar 1, 2009 |
As Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly: |
"Daniel Holmes, the Pinkerton, has an open tenor with plenty of power, a nice "ping" in the upper register, and a secure passaggio between chest and head voice. His voice doesn't have a mellow end to the spectrum, so it can be one-dimensional at times. He gave a strong performance and sang the love duet thrillingly." |
Michael Zeibach - San Francisco Classical Voice - May 12, 2008 |
As Macduff in Macbeth |
"Daniel Holmes brought abundant strength - and a touching 'Ah! La paterno mano' - to his Macduff." |
Charles H. Parson - Opera News - Jan 19, 2008 |
"Daniel Holmes displays a promising and attractive tenor in his Dayton début as Macduff." |
Dayton Daily News - Jan 18, 2008 |
As B. F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly |
"Holmes brings a well-trained tenor voice to the role and manages to reveal both the shallow jingoism of his value system and the unalloyed charm that captivates his young bride." |
Tom Butler - Special to The News Journal - Oct 29, 2007 |
As Tamino in Die Zauberflöte: |
"Mozart Makes Magic" "In fact, almost everything about this production showed payoff skill, not the least of which was the singing." "A cast of practically all IO debut singers (exceptions are noted) raised the average vocal ability above the company's recent norm, starting with tenor Daniel Holmes as Prince Tamino. As he opens Act 1, being chased by a most ungainly serpent, his concern for his life is conveyed in a smooth, well projected, well controlled, even-centered delivery. He continues this caliber in a later ensuing aria, following the Three Ladies' showing him a portrait of Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night." |
Tom Aldridge - NUVO - Oct 3, 2007 |
"Daniel Holmes sang and acted the role with intelligence." |
Whitney Smith - Indianapolis Star - Sep 30, 2007 |
"Holmes sang with admirable beauty and heroic intensity." |
Charles H. Parsons - Opera News - Sep 27, 2007 |
As Rodolfo in La Bohème: |
Singing shines, ensemble strong in 'La Bohème' "Most impressive about the opera was the energy of the ensemble in Acts I and IV." "Matt Boehler as Colline, Ross Benoliel as Scaunard, Gregory Gerbrandt as Marcello and Daniel Holmes as Rodolfo exercised incredible chemistry together. "Holmes as Rodolfo came to life in Acts III and IV with passionate singing and emotional energy." |
Melissa Sumner - The Daily Progress - July 26, 2007 |
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SOLOIST | Beethoven's Symphony No.9 | Lake Forest Symphony | 2008 |
B. F. Pinkerton | Madama Butterfly | Martinez Opera | 2008 |
Rodolfo | La Bohème | Opera on the James | 2008 |
Macduff | Macbeth | Dayton Opera | 2008 |
Pinkerton | Madama Butterfly | OperaDelaware | 2007 |
Tamino | The Magic Flute | Indianapolis Opera | 2007 |
Rodolfo | La Bohème | Ash Lawn Opera Festival | 2007 |
SOLOIST | The Three Tenors: A New Generation! | Minneapolis | 2007 |
Don José | Carmen | Mississippi Opera | 2007 |
SOLOIST | Mozart Requiem | The Virginia Consort, Charlottesville, VA | 2006 |
Rodolfo | La Bohème | Sarasota Opera | 2006 |
Carlo (cover) | I Masnadieri | Sarasota Opera | 2006 |
Roméo (cover) | Roméo et Juliette | Opera Theatre of St. Louis | 2005 |
Duke of Mantua (cover) | Rigoletto | Opera Theatre of St. Louis | 2005 |
Gerald | Lakmé | Sarasota Opera | 2005 |
Beppe | I Pagliacci | Sarasota Opera | 2005 |
Don Ottavio (cover) | Don Giovanni | Sarasota Opera | 2005 |
Alfredo | La Traviata | Glens Falls Symphony, NY | 2004 |
Roméo | Roméo et Juliette | Opera North, NH | 2004 |
Canio (cover) | I Pagliacci | Tri-Cities Opera, NY | 2004 |
Hoffmann | Les contes d'Hoffmann | Tri-Cities Opera, NY | 2003 |
Rinuccio | Gianni Schicchi | Summer Opera Theatre, DC | 2003 |
Sam | Susannah | Baltimore Municipal Opera | 2002 |
Rodolfo | La Bohème | Ravello Festival, Italy | 2002 |
Pelleas | Pelleas et Mélisande | Opera Vivente, Baltimore | 2001 |
The Messenger | Il Trovatore | The Washington Opera | 2000 |
Rodriguez | Don Quichotte | The Washington Opera | 2000 |
Tom Rakewell | The Rake's Progress | Peabody Opera Theatre | 1999 |
Detlef | The Student Prince | The Baltimore Opera | 1998 |
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| Bizet | Carmen | Don José (Début 4.07) | 2 |
| Debussy | Pelléas et Mélisande | Pelléas | 1 |
| Delibes | Lakmé | Gerald | 1 |
| Floyd | Susannah | Sam | 1 |
| Gounod | Faust | Faust | 3 |
| Roméo et Juliette |
| Roméo | 1 |
| Leoncavallo | I Pagliacci | Beppe | 1 |
| Canio | 2 | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Ottavio | 2 |
| Offenbach | Les contes d'Hoffmann | Hoffmann | 1 |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Rodolfo | 1 |
Madama Butterfly | B.F. Pinkerton | 3 | |
Gianni Schicchi | Rinuccio | 1 | |
| Romberg | The Student Prince | Detlef | 1 |
| Stravinsky | The Rake's Progress | Tom | 1 |
| Verdi | Macbeth | Macduff | 1 |
I Masnadieri | Carlo | 2 | |
Rigoletto | Duke of Mantua | 2 | |
La Traviata | Alfredo | 1 |
1 | performed |
2 | completely prepared |
3 | in preparation |
Opera Theatre of St. Louis | Young Artist Program | 2005 |
Sarasota Opera | Studio Artist Program | 2005 |
Opera North | Young Artist Program | 2004 |
Lake George Opera | Young Artist Program | 2004 |
Tri-Cities Opera | Resident Artist Program | 2003-4 |
Lake George Opera | Educational Tour | 2003 |
Artist Diploma | The Catholic University of America | 2002 |
Bachelor of Music | The Peabody Conservatory | 2000 |
Finalist | George London Foundation | 2007 |
Second Prize | Opera Birmingham Competition | 2007 |
WINNER | Career Development Award - Arleen Auger Memorial Fund | 2005 |
Kern Career Grant | Sarasota Opera | 2005 |
Recipient | Carlotta Savoca Memorial Scholarship, Tri-Cities Opera | 2004 |
First Place | Baltimore Music Club Competition | 2003 |
Russell Penney |
Dr. Michael Cordovana, Lisa Hasson, Peyton Hibbitt, Stephen Lord |
Anthony Barrese, Victor DeRenzi, David Effron, Stephen Lord |
John Copley, Colin Graham, Ira Siff, Stephanie Sundine, Brian Robertson |
Roméo - Ah! lêve-toi soleil
(Cavatina - from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette).wma