Christopher Holmes, baritone
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A "powerful, melodious baritone" with "soul and passion" is a small sample of enthusiastic reviews being received by baritone CHRISTOPHER HOLMES. Outstanding musicianship and a rapidly expanding repertoire are quickly establishing this baritone as an artist in demand.

With over 35 operatic roles to his credit, Christopher has been featured by companies such as Austin Lyric Opera, Central City Opera, Eugene Opera, Opera Idaho, Phoenix Opera, San Antonio Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera, and Utah Festival Opera. As a full-lyric baritone, Holmes is beginning to make his mark in the Verdi repertoire with such roles as DI LUNA, RENATO, and RIGOLETTO. As IAGO with Winter Opera St. Louis critics commented, Holmes sings Iago “with clarity and power, and with a skilled actor's ability to convey mood and character" and with “control and subtlety.” His GERMONT was praised as “with crystal clear enunciation, truly polished, controlled, professional and superb.” But his versatility continues to make him adept at the baritone roles of the bel canto repertoire such as the ENRICO of Lucia di Lammermoor and MALATESTA of Don Pasquale.

Equally adept in concert repertoire, Mr. Holmes has performed with entities such as Ballet West, Gulfshore Opera, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Salt Lake Chorale Artists, Utah Symphony, Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square in concerts in St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Brahms' A German Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Faure Requiem, Mozart's Mass in C Minor and Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G Major, Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem and Verdi's Messa di Requiem. He has also performed Handel's Messiah on several occasions, selections from Mendelssohn's Elijah, Porgy and Bess, and pops concerts with music of Gershwin, Kern, and Porter.

Having made his international debut in Italy as a guest of Opera Orvieto in the role of DON GIOVANNI, Holmes received music degrees from the conservatory at Oberlin College and Temple University.

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