Biography
Melanie Holliday was born in Houston, Texas. She studied classical ballet for over 14 years before beginning her vocal education with Dr. Walter Foster. After having finished her opera diploma at the University of Indiana the soprano came to Europe where the legendary Marcel Prawy recommended her for Leonard Bernstein’s musical “Candide” in Vienna. Soon thereafter Melanie Holliday joined the ensemble of the Vienna Volksopera. Over a period of 15 years she performed with distinction at this opera house in more than 20 roles most successfully. Among others her special roles included “Valencienne” (The Merry Widow) as well as “Adele” (The Bat) not to forget “Olympia” (The Tales of Hoffmann), where she sang the highly sophisticated coloratura part “en pointe” quite uniquely due to her dancing abilities.
An international career has taken the multi-talented artist to all the major music festivals of Europe. She has performed at the finest concert locations at the side of famous partners and appeared in many TV shows. Due to her stage presence and professional attitude of interpreting the operetta repertory, Melanie Holliday is a welcomed guest and enthuses the public all over the world. A wide selection of CDs, which have been recorded in Vienna and mainly produced by Camerata, Tokyo, bespeak the popularity of the much beloved artist.
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Find here a worldwide selection of opera houses, concert halls and festivals where Melanie Holliday has performed:
Austria |
Vienna Volksoper (ensemble member until 1988/89) State Opera Vienna (Bernstein’s oratorio “Mass”) Bregenzer Festspiele Seefestspiele Mörbisch Theater an der Wien Konzerthaus Wien Brucknerhaus Linz |
Germany |
Stadttheater München Gärtnerplatz Metropoltheater Berlin Alte Oper, Frankfurt Kölner Philharmonie München Herkulessaal Beethovenhalle Bonn Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt Konzerthaus Freiburg Stadttheater Gießen Gewandhaus zu Leipzig |
Spain |
Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona |
Italy |
Teatro Regio Torino Festival dei Due Mondi Spoleto |
USA |
Houston Grand Opera – Jesse H. Jones Hall New York State Theatre Pasadena Civic Auditorium Chicago Auditorium Theatre Palm Beach Opera Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles |
Japan |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo Tokyo Opera City Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo Oji Hall, Tokyo The Symphony Hall Osaka Osaka Festival Hall Ishikawa Ongakudo, Kanazawa Nagano Kenmin Bunka Kaikan Aichi-ken Geijutsu Gekijo, Nagoya |
China |
Beijing Exhibition Center Theater |
Russland |
Moskau Stanislawski-Theater |