Lizzie Holmes (singer)
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Lizzie Holmes is a British soprano and founder of DEBUT.[1]
Originally from Dorset[2], Holmes went to Frensham Heights School[3] and read English Literature as an undergraduate at the University of Warwick[2] before studying at the Royal College of Music[4] in London.
Before commencing her career in opera, Holmes was a founding member of the multi-award winning devised theatre ensemble Curious Directive|curious directive[5] and made her West End theatre|West End debut in The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre[6]. Most recently she has worked as a soloist with Grange Park Opera[7], Wexford Festival Opera[8], Longborough Festival Opera[9] and Raymond Gubbay. In 2019 Holmes made debuts at Barbican Hall as headline soloist for their Viennese New Year's Eve Gala and at the Royal Opera House's Crush Room.
Awards
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Judge's Award at the National Student Drama Festival[10]
- The Scotsman Fringe First Award for Curious Directive's Your Last Breath[11] at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[12]
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production, nominee for La bohème|La bohéme with King's Head Theatre|Kings Head Theatre at Trafalgar Theatre 2[13]
- Genesis Foundation (arts charity)|Genesis Foundation Kickstarter Grant Award Winner[4][14]
References
- ↑ "Close Encounters & Pop-up Concerts — Feature with Opera Now". DEBUT - Classical Musicians. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meet Lizzie Holmes, the singer on a mission to take opera to new audiences". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ 6091279. "OF Update 2015". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "In conversation with Veronica Wadley CBE, Baroness Fleet". www.rcm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "'Loft Party meets Musical Soiree', Q&A with DEBUT's Lizzie Holmes, feature". Arthur's Seat. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ missjulie (2014-10-04). "IN PROFILE with Lizzie Holmes from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA". London West End Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ Millington, Barry (2019-06-25). "Hansel & Gretel review – Revamped fairy tale casts its spell". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "Wexford Festival Opera 2019 Review: Doctor Miracle". Opera Wire. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "★★★★ Review: Così Fan Tutte at Longborough Festival Opera – 'carefree production'". The Stage. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ Hewison, Robert. "The National Student Drama Festival 2010". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "New Edinburgh act of the day: Curious Directive". the Guardian. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "Fringe 2011 awards roundup". Edinburgh Festival. 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "Olivier awards 2018: complete list of nominations". the Guardian. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ "400K+ in project grants to arts freelancers". Genesis Foundation. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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