Jennifer Holloway
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Barber - Vanessa - concert version - Vanessa
Jan 8/10
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Wagner - Parsifal - Kundry
Apr 2/5/8
HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER
Strauss - Elektra - Chrysothemis
Apr 14/19, May 1/8
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL
Wagner - Rienzi - Adriano
PREMIERE July 26
Aug 3/8/11/13/17/22/24/26
Bayreuth Festival 2026 - Rienzi
For us, however, the star of the evening is Jennifer Holloway, who delivers a top-notch performance as Adriano … she retains a strong lower register that lends full expressive power to the young man torn by his emotions, while the bright timbre of her voice now draws her toward the dramatic soprano range. A fiery performer on stage, with perfectly projected vocals and charismatic acting, she delivers an exceptional performance.
Forum Opera (July 27, 2026)
The evening's best singing comes from Jennifer Holloway, who brings extraordinary depth and nuance to the part of Adriano.
Financial Times (July 27, 2026)
Bayreuth Festival 2025 - Die Walküre
Jennifer Holloway as Sieglinde, who begins to sing, and it feels as if the festival hall was built for her voice; you can understand almost every word.
br-klassik.de (July 27, 2025)
As Sieglinde, Jennifer Holloway is his equal, with a bell-like voice and yet powerful expression. She too demonstrates great flexibility in her expression and is particularly convincing with her heartfelt tones.
Opern Magazin (21.08.2025)
With her almost glowing, clear, warm-toned soprano and her intense emotional performance, she is a touching Sieglinde.
ioco.de (07.08.2025)
Season 26/27 and Highlights
SYMPHONIKER HAMBURG
Wagner – Wesendonck songs - soprano
Sept 20
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Berg – Wozzeck – Marie (role debut)
Nov 8/10/12/14/17/19/22
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Beethoven – Fidelio – Leonore
Jan 9/12/15/18
February 6 Guest performance Monte Carlo
Strauss – Salome – Salome
March 19/23/28/31
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ORCHESTRA PHILHARMONIQUE DE STRASBOURG
Wagner – Wesendonck songs – soprano
Apr 2Leipzig Opera
Strauss – Salome – Salome
April 25, May 1
Biography
In recent years, American soprano Jennifer Holloway has established herself internationally as one of the leading sopranos in the lyric-dramatic repertoire and has impressively confirmed her standing through her highly acclaimed successes at the Bayreuth Festival as Sieglinde (2025) and Adriano (2026).
In the 2026/27 season, Jennifer Holloway will make her role debut as Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck in a new production at La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels, conducted by Alain Altinoglu and directed by Christophe Coppens. At the Vienna State Opera, she will sing Leonore in Fidelio – including the company's guest performance in Monte-Carlo – and will also reprise one of her most successful roles to date, Salome. She will perform the Wesendonck Lieder with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under Sylvain Cambreling and in Strasbourg under Sebastian Weigle. She will also sing Salome at the Leipzig Opera.
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Highlights of recent seasons include her acclaimed role debuts as Vanessa in Samuel Barber's opera of the same name in concert performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as Adriano in the first Rienzi production in the history of the Bayreuth Festival, Elsa in a new production of Wagner's Lohengrin at the Teatro de'll Opera di Roma, Donna Elvira ( Don Giovanni ) at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Salome in concert performances with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and Bucharest, as well as at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Kundry ( Parsifal ) at the Vienna State Opera following her successful role debut at Oper Frankfurt, Chrysothemis ( Elektra ) at Hamburg State Opera, her house debut at the Zurich Opera House as Beethoven's Leonore ( Fidelio ), Salome at the Vienna State Opera and Berlin State Opera, as well as Chrysothemis, Elisabeth (Tannhäuser)and her role debuts as Sieglinde (Die Walküre ), Senta ( The Flying Dutchman), Leonore (Fidelio) and Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) at Hamburg State Opera. Further highlights include Senta at the Semperoper Dresden, Cassandre (Les Troyens) and Senta at the Bavarian State Opera, Sieglinde in concert performances with the Orchestre de Paris under Jaap van Zweden and at the Vienna Konzerthaus under Joana Mallwitz, the title role of César Franck's Hulda in Paris, the Nunciata in Saint-Saëns L'Ancêtre in Monte-Carlo, Grete in a new production of Schreker's Der ferne Klang at Oper Frankfurt, her role debut as Elsa inLohengrin at Oper Leipzig,the Composer ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as Cassandre in Les Troyens and Salome at the Semperoper Dresden .
Jennifer Holloway began her career as a mezzo-soprano singing the great mezzo roles of Mozart and Handel, such as Dorabella (Così fan tutte) , Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) , Idamante ( Idomeneo) and Irene (Tamerlano ) at opera houses including Teatro Real Madrid and LA Opera.
On the concert stage, she has performed, among other works, Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and Mozart's Mass in C minor under Bertrand de Billy in Dresden, as well as Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder on numerous occasions.
2026/27
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