"Above all, Holly Teague simply astounded as a Mary Crawford too sophisticated for these country bumpkins. Her stage-presence (such lingering eyes!) was mesmerising, her command of the highest of ranges makes her a shoe-in for Mozart and Strauss, and I shall follow her career with great interest." Christopher Morley, Midland Music Review, 2019
“A voice of rare quality”, British lyric soprano Holly Teague enjoys a varied singing career, appearing as a soloist for symphonies, oratorios, concerts, gala evenings, recitals and new music projects as well as stage work in the UK and internationally. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of UKAC Productions, where she oversees the programming for the UK Proms in the Park Summer Tour, as well as curating other classical events across the country throughout the year.
Holly’s recent stage repertoire includes “Krista” (Cover, The Markropulos Affair, Scottish Opera), “Clarine” (Platée, Garsington Opera, available on OperaVision), “Helena” (Cover, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Garsington Opera), “Marie” (Lady Gregory in America, Wexford Festival Opera), “Tussi” (Cover, Marx in London!, Scottish Opera), “Echo” (Cover, Ariadne auf Naxos, Garsington Opera), “Donna Elvira” (Don Giovanni, Cumbria Opera) and “Berta” (Cover, Il barbiere di Siviglia).
“A shoe-in for Mozart and Strauss” (Midlands Music Review), Holly partners with celebrated pianist and conductor Nicholas Ansdell-Evans to perform an evening recital entirely of the music of Richard Strauss, including Op. 22 “Mädchenblumen” and Op. 68 “Brentano Lieder” at various venues in 2025.
Holly’s orchestral repertoire includes Britten’s Les Illuminations, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Berg’s Seven Early Songs, Finzi’s Dies Natalis and Strauss’s beautiful Vier letzte Lieder. A “historically-informed enthusiast”, she regularly appears as a guest artist with Instruments of Time & Truth, and her first album, “Jean-Phillipe Rameau: Re-Imagined” with Edward Higginbottom was released with CRD records in June 2023.
She is a recipient of the 2023 International Opera Award Bursary, the winner of the Roger Higgin’s Prize (2023), the Elizabeth Rollason Award and the Doris Newton Prize (2020) and is the 2020 recipient of the St Clare Barfield Rosebowl for Operatic Distinction. Holly was a semi-finalist in the 2021 Kathleen Ferrier competition and the AESS English Song Prize. She is an Audrey Sacher Scholar and a Josephine Baker Trust Artist, and is grateful to have been supported by The Mario Lanza Trust, The Walker Trust, Help Musicians UK and The Countess of Munster Trust.
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