Christopher Holloway is an energetic, vibrant performer who “…acts with waltz like precision…and is able to sing and act with equal agility.” A much sought-after performer, Mr. Holloway has taken the opera stage with distinguished companies including Houston Grand Opera, Opera Metropolitana (Medellin, Colombia), Teatro Municipal de La Paz (Bolivia), Opera Tampa, Orlando Opera, Winter Opera of St. Louis, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Opera Naples, Gulfshore Opera, Amarillo Opera, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, Orange County Opera, Opera in the Heights, New Century Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Brevard Music Center, and Opera festival di Roma.
His extensive repertoire of operatic roles includes Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette, Marcello and Schaunard in La bohème, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, the title role in Don Giovanni, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Falke/Frank in Die Fledermaus, Pish-Tush in The Mikado, Morales/Zuniga/Dancairo/Escamillo in Carmen, Lord Ruthven in Der Vampyr, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Lescaut in Manon, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Silvio in I Pagliacci, Marullo and the title role in Rigoletto, Maximilian in Bernstein’s Candide, Valentin in Faust, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, and Scarpia in Tosca.
Among additional credits, Mr. Holloway has appeared as a Juror in the world premiere of Tod Machover’s Resurrection with Houston Grand Opera, Vicar Gedge in Albert Herring, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Ben in The Telephone, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, Tom/John in Mollicone’s Face on the Barroom Floor, and the Doctor in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry. Always a stand-out, Mr. Holloway has been proclaimed as a baritone who “[demonstrated] burnished tones with excellent diction,” and an “audience favorite, [who] stole the show…”
Upcoming and recent performances have included Renato in Un ballo in maschera with Opera Metropolitana (Medellin, Columbia), Escamilio in Carmen with St. Petersburg Opera, Zuniga in Carmen and Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Tampa and Messiah soloist with both the Sarasota Choral Society and the Sarasota Orchestra in December. He bows as Rigoletto in Rigoletto with Teatro Municipal de La Paz (Bolivia) in early 2025.
His repertoire of concert material ranges from the early works of Bach and Handel to the more contemporary works of Vaughn Williams, Mahler, and Benjamin Britten.
In recent competition, Mr. Holloway was named as an advanced division finalist in the Palm Beach Opera Competition, a finalist in the Los Angeles District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a winner of the Pasadena Opera Guild Competition, a two-time finalist in the Heinz Rehfuss Singer/Actor Awards, a semi-finalist in the prestigious Zachary awards, and The Encouragement award recipient from the Palm Springs Opera Guild.
Mr. Holloway lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife, soprano Linda Holloway and their eight beloved cats-Shadow, Bandit, Ginger, Rosina, Marcello, Musetta, Enrico, and Prince Orlofsky.
