DAVID HOLLEY
Lyric Tenor

E-mail: d_holley@uncg.edu

Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Dark Brown


OPERA

Tamino: THE MAGIC FLUTE
Lyric Opera of Dallas (Nicholas Muni)
Baton Rouge Opera (Laura Alley)
Opera Omnia (Kurt Daw)

Don José: CARMEN
Lyric Opera of Waco (David Morelock)
*Brevard Music Festival (Jonathon Field)

Romeo: ROMEO AND JULIET
Arizona Opera (Glynn Ross)

Pinkerton: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Opera Theatre of Rochester (Leonard Treash)
Lyric Opera of Waco (Robert De Simone)
Pensacola Opera (Trudie Sherwood)
*Brevard Music Festival (Val Patacchi)
Akron Lyric Opera Theatre (Todd Ranney)
Huntsville Opera Theatre (Helen Bargetzi)

Rodolfo: LA BOHEME
Opera in the Ozarks (Carroll Freeman)
Young Artists Opera Theatre (Peggy Russell)
Wooster Symphony (concert)

Alfredo: LA TRAVIATA
Pensacola Opera (Trudie Sherwood)
Huntsville Opera Theatre (Helen Bargetzi)

Hoffmann: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
*Brevard Music Festival (Val Patacchi)
Huntsville Opera Theatre (Helen Bargetzi)

Pong: TURANDOT
Arizona Opera (Glynn Ross)
Shreveport Opera (Glynn Ross)

Cavaradossi: TOSCA
*Brevard Music Festival (concert)

Edgardo: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
*Brevard Music Festival (Paul MacPhail)

Ferrando: COSI FAN TUTTE
Shreveport Symphony (Peter Leonard)

Fra Diavolo: FRA DIAVOLO
Banff Festival (Elizabeth Bachman)
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Le Chevalier: DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES
Opera in the Ozarks (Carroll Freeman)

*Performing as Artist/Faculty


OPERETTA

Karl Franz: THE STUDENT PRINCE
Nevada Opera Theatre (Giorgio Tozzi)

Eisenstein: DIE FLEDERMAUS
Shreveport Opera (Robert Murray)

Camille: THE MERRY WIDOW
Opera Southwest (P. Liontis)

Sandor Barinkay: THE GYPSY BARON
Pensacola Opera (Alton Brim)

Lt. Bumerli: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
Shreveport Opera (Robert Murray)

Adam: DER VOGELHAENDLER
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Count Zedlau: WIENER BLUT
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Count Rene: THE COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Orpheus: ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Symon: THE BEGGAR STUDENT
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)

Alexius: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
The Ohio Light Opera (James Stuart)


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SELECTED REVIEWS


OPERA NEWS
CARMEN, The Brevard Music Festival (Artist/Faculty)

"Though David Holley is not yet a dramatic tenor, he displayed enough vocal weight and artistry to be convincing as José, with a piano B-flat at the end of the Flower Song."



OPERA NEWS
FRA DIAVOLO, The Ohio Light Opera

"David Holley as Fra Diavolo proved that rare find, a tall tenor who can act."



THE AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
WIENER BLUT, The Ohio Light Opera

"Tenor David Holley as the Count with the roving eye was ringing, wide-ranging, hale and hearty - a vivid characterization. Much of the music is derived from instrumental pieces that do not lie particularly gracefully for the voice, but Holley had no difficulty, zinging through with ease."



THE AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
DER VOGELHAENDLER, The Ohio Light Opera

"The Papageno-type birdseller, Adam, was David Holley, again his big voice belted out with ease...the diminutive Christel and the giant Adam were both singing and acting delights."



OPERA (London)
FRA DIAVOLO, The Ohio Light Opera

David Holley's Fra Diavolo was indeed devilish. With his two Leporello-like cronies and a heroine named Zerlina, he might have been a letter-day Don Giovanni. A few of the florid passages eluded his graceful tenor, but he sang securely, even in the highest passages.



WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, The Lyric Opera of Waco

"David Holley displayed a supple and fluid tenor in his roles as the selfish, insensitive Pinkerton."



BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE
THE MAGIC FLUTE, Baton Rouge Opera

"But the happiest surprises of the evening were in David Holley's Tamino and Helen Dilworth's Pamina. Holley was a convincing young hero, with a ringing, pleasant voice that lent a tendor ardor to Tamnino's first-act aria."



THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
THE STUDENT PRINCE, Nevada Opera Theatre

"Success were most numerous among the leads. David Holley's warm, open, pleasing tenor and skillful acting made Prince Karl Franz a sympathetic, even believable figure."



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ORATORIO/SYMPHONIC SOLO ENGAGEMENTS

MESSIAH
CBS-TV - Nationwide Telecast
Shreveport Symphony
Lake Charles Symphony
Fayetteville Symphony
*University of Southern Mississippi

SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN AND STRINGS
Meridian Symphony
Jackson Symphony
Brevard Chamber Orchestra
*University of Southern Mississippi

Verdi REQUIEM
*Brevard Music Festival
Choral Society of Greensboro
Pineville (LA) Masterworks

Mozart REQUIEM
Wooster (OH) Symphony
Blacksburg Master Chorale

Beethoven SYMPHONY NO. 9
The Brevard Music Festival
Wooster (OH) Symphony
Bristol Chorale

Britten WAR REQUIEM
*University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Rossini STABAT MATER
Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle

Mozart VESPERAE SOLENNE de CONFESSORE
Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle

ELIJAH
Brevard Chamber Orchestra
Moore County Chorale


*Performing as Artist/Faculty



STAGE DIRECTORS:
Jonathon Field, Nicholas Muni, Colin Graham,
Giorgio Tozzi, Marc Verzatt, David Morelock,
Ron Luchsinger, James Stuart, Carroll Freeman,
Dugg McDonough, Laura Alley, Steven Daigle,
Elizabeth Bachman, Glynn Ross, Kurt Daw,
Robert De Simone, Robert Murray, Bodo Igesz,
Leonard Treash


CONDUCTORS / COACHES:
David Effron, Ted Taylor, Robert Spano,
Benton Hess, Carol Rausch, Arlene Shrut, Valery Ryvkin,
James Meena,Henry Janiec, Steven Byess, Julian Dawson,
Peter Leonard, Richard Aslanian, Lawrence Gilgore,
J. Lynn Thompson, Louis Salemno, John Burrows,
Richard Boldrey, Stephen Lord, Robert Grayson,
Norman Johnson, Stefan Minde,
Evan Whallon, Dennis Assaf, Henry Holt



EMPLOYMENT:
Director of Opera
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Resident Tenor / Stage Director
Brevard Music Festival (1994-2001)