American soprano, Erin Holmes, is recognized for her integrity as a musician and as a masterful, articulate, and versatile singing-actress. A native of Baltimore, MD, Erin is equally at home with both classical concert music and operatic repertoire. She has appeared with Opera Boston, Opera Providence, New England Light Opera, Longwood Opera, MetroWest Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Opera del West, New England Conservatory Opera Theatre, and Washington D.C.’s Strathmore Hall Opera Series.

As a recitalist, Erin has performed classical works ranging from Mozart, Handel, Fauré, Brahms, and Debussy to 20th-century composers such as Messager, Britten, de Falla, and Bolcom. Past opera and musical theatre roles have included “Gretel” in Hänsel und Gretel, “La Princesse” and “La Chauve-souris” in L’enfant et les sortileges, “Muriel” in Larry Bell’s world premiere of Holy Ghosts, “Rosemary” in Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke, “Jeannette” in Edwin Penhorwood’s Too Many Sopranos, “Bridget Booth” in Ward’s The Crucible, the “Narrator” in Robert Kapilow’s children’s opera Gertrude McFuzz, and “Mrs. Nordstrom” in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Additional highlights include partial roles as “Auretta” in L’Oca del Cairo, “Blanche” in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and “Adina” in L’Elisir d’amor, and “Paquette” in Candide.

Erin was the recipient of a Merit Scholarship from the New England Conservatory and has enjoyed numerable competition successes in the state of Maryland. Erin has also performed on several occasions with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, most recently in their Holiday Spectacular concerts. While living in Madrid, Spain in 2006, she was featured as a singer and music teacher in the nationally televised Spanish television program, Padres en apuros. In July 2008, Erin made her European debut performing the role of “L’Aurora” and covering the role of “Clori” in Francesco Cavalli’s Baroque opera, L’Egisto, at the Teatro della Bicchieraia in Arezzo, Italy. Upcoming engagements include the role of “Gretel” in Hansel and Gretel with Longwood Opera in October 2010, and “The Lady” (cover) in Hindemith’s Cardillac with Opera Boston in February 2011. During the summer of 2010 Erin attended the German for Singers language program at Middlebury College for which she was awarded a Max Kade stipendium.

Along with singing and teaching, Erin’s fluency in Spanish enables her to serve as a diction coach to many Boston-area singers. Erin holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory.