High res. photo (534k, new window) Soprano Holly Boaz is recognized by critics for her �rich soprano� and for her �welldefined� characterizations. Davenport's River City Reader wrote: "Holly Boaz stole the show in a masterful performance as the spoiled, coquettish Musetta. This accomplished soprano sang seductively, and her character was irresistibly gleeful." This season, Ms. Boaz makes debuts with Tacoma Opera as Eurydice in Offenbach�s Orpheus in the Underworld and with the Auburn Symphony as Marenka in Smetana�s The Bartered Bride. She sings several recitals around Washington State, and appears as a guest artist in recital at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She returns to the Bellevue Philharmonic for Mozart�s Requiem and to Opera Quad Cities for her first performances of Gilda in Rigoletto. For the 2006-2007 season Ms. Boaz joined the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, where she studied the role of Cleopatra in H�ndel�s Giulio Cesare and performed the roles of Mica�la in The Tragedy of Carmen and Alice Ford in Verdi�s Falstaff under the baton of Dean Williamson. Other highlights included her Pacific Northwest concert debut with the Bellevue Philharmonic in Handel�s Messiah, and a special invitation to present a Britten-Pears Alumni Recital at the 60th Aldeburgh Festival. During the 2005-2006 season, Ms. Boaz was featured as Despina in Cos� fan tutte with Opera Quad Cities and as Musetta in La Boh�me with the Midland Symphony Orchestra. She appeared as the Sparrow in Tony Kushner�s poignant adaptation of Hans Kras�s Brundib�r with Music of Remembrance and Gerard Schwarz, which she then recorded for the NAXOS label (released 12/06). She then traveled to Marilyn Horne�s Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara for performances of the Contessa di Folleville in Rossini�s Il Viaggio a Reims, Violetta in scenes from La Traviata, and an Irving Berlin cabaret. Other recent seasons included Ms.
