M. JOCELYN, SANTUARY -- Temple Drake

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Lauded for her “vibrant mezzo-soprano and generous presence”, mezzosoprano Jennifer Holloway gives new life to the characters she plays and the music she sings at leading opera houses and concert halls at home and abroad. 

Her debut with English National Opera was as Orlofsky in Christopher Alden’s striking new production of Die Fledermaus.

Her South American debut is in Argentina’s Teatro Colón as the main character in the world prima of Oscar Strasnoy’s new opera Requiem, based on Faulkner's "Sanctuary" (SANTUARIO) and its sequel, "Requiem" -- libretto by M. Jocelyn.

She returned to Pittsburgh Opera as Donna Elvira in its new production of Don Giovanni, and to the Metropolitan Opera as Tebaldo in Don Carlos, as well as her Washington National Opera debut as Magnolia in Francesca Zambello’s production of Show Boat and her Tokyo debut in Cosí fan tutte at the New National Theatre. 

Among the highlights of her concert work were her first appearances with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in a program including the world premiere of Frédéric Chaslin’s Love and a Question, which he composed for her.

Holloway has concentrated her repertory in the major roles for lyric mezzo by Mozart and Handel, performing the roles of Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte (Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, New York City Opera), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Dallas, Portland, Bordeaux), Idamante in Idomeneo (Opéra National de Bordeaux), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Pittsburgh, Tulsa), Irene in Tamerlano (Teatro Real Madrid, Los Angeles Opera) and the title role in Serse (Pittsburgh).  She made her debut with the Metropolitan Operain New York in December 2010 as Flora in Willy Decker’s new production of La Traviata, and has also appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival in new productions of
Hänsel und Gretel (Hänsel) and Falstaff (Meg Page), at the Santa Fe Opera in new productions of Cendrillon (Prince Charmant) and Faust (Siebel), the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse (Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie with Emmanuel Haïm), the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and the Opera Theater of St. Louis.  Concert and festival appearances include the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (Mercedes in Carmen with Gustavo Dudamel and Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte with Leonard Slatkin), Anne de Boleyn in Saint-Saëns rarely-performed Henry VIII at the Bard Music Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra (now available on itunes), as both Octavian and as Der Komponist in Chautauqua, NY, and at Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival in Rossini’s Stabat Mater.   She has also formed a strong partnership with Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his Ensemble Matheus in works by Rossini and Vivaldi.

After studying at the University of Georgia and the Manhattan School of Music, Jennifer Holloway took part in the prestigious young artist programs at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Pittsburgh Opera.  In 2012, The University of Georgia recognized her success with their Outstanding Alumni Award.