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A riveting production at Garsington Opera

"It must be nerve-wracking for a young singer to step into such a role and Carolyn Holt applied herself with aplomb, settling convincingly and confidently into her part... The audience showed approval of her performance with loud drumming of feet at the curtain call.”.

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03 júlí 2022www.london-unattached.comMadeleine Morrow
Outstanding Turn of the Screw from Garsington

"Carolyn Holt was no less convincing as Mrs Grose. Her reluctance to assume the worst of the children and ease of chemistry with Wingate was superbly achieved... Her voice shone with a maturity perfectly matching the role."

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10 júlí 2022operatoday.comDavid Truslove

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The Rape of Lucretia, Britten
D: Oliver Mears
C: Corinna Niemeyer
The Rape of Lucretia review: The Royal Opera’s devastating staging features a faultless cast of young singers

“The Royal Opera's devastating staging features a faultless cast of young singers... Sydney Baedke (Female Chorus) sang magnificently... her soprano was even throughout the range, expressive and free in the upper reaches of the role."

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13 nóvember 2022www.musicomh.comKeith McDonnell
The Rape of Lucretia at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre review: a musical triumph

Contemporary resonances abound in this revival of Benjamin Britten’s opera

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14 nóvember 2022www.standard.co.ukNick Kimberley
The Turn of the Screw, Britten
D: Louisa Muller
C: Mark Wigglesworth
A riveting production at Garsington Opera

"It must be nerve-wracking for a young singer to step into such a role and Carolyn Holt applied herself with aplomb, settling convincingly and confidently into her part... The audience showed approval of her performance with loud drumming of feet at the curtain call.”.

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03 júlí 2022www.london-unattached.comMadeleine Morrow
Outstanding Turn of the Screw from Garsington

"Carolyn Holt was no less convincing as Mrs Grose. Her reluctance to assume the worst of the children and ease of chemistry with Wingate was superbly achieved... Her voice shone with a maturity perfectly matching the role."

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10 júlí 2022operatoday.comDavid Truslove
Street Scene, Weill
D: Alexandra Spencer-Jones
C: Robert Houssart
Herald Scotland

Rounding off his first year as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Head of Opera, Philip White ends this season with Kurt Weill’s 1946 opera Street Scene, which fuses European operative traditions with aspects of musical theatre. Directed by Alexandra Spencer Jones - making her operatic debut - the production feels very much steeped in the era in which it was written and set, though it still reveals truths which are pertinent to us today.

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Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach
D: Tom Creed
C: Andrew Synnott
The Tales of Hoffmann review: engaging, energetic, surprising

Notable smaller parts include the young Irish mezzo Carolyn Holt as the voice of Antonia's dead mother

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17 september 2018www.irishtimes.comMichael Dungan
Scene-stealing villains in Irish National Opera's futuristic Hoffmann

Carolyn Holt as the voice of Antonia's mother stood out with her rich and seductive mezzo-soprano

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16 september 2018bachtrack.comPia Maltri
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell
D: Maxine Braham
C: Anthony KrausJoel Sandelson
Reality TV Dido and Aeneas finds resonance with Trouble in Tahiti at RCS

Carolyn Holt’s Dido was particularly affecting, her smooth mezzo betraying little of her final intent

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03 mars 2019bachtrack.comDavid Smythe
Vagabones, Deane, R.
D: Ben Barnes
C: Sinead Hayes
Heimsfrumsýning
The Witch of Youghal sings out across the centuries

Carolyn Holt's powerful and earthy mezzo performance as Florence assumes the recklessness of the condemned."

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14 september 2019www.independent.ieKaty Hayes
Vagabones review: Irish witchcraft meets Irish opera

Impressive performance from mezzo-soprano Carolyn Holt as Florence

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09 september 2019www.irishtimes.comMichael Dervan
Dead Man Walking, Heggie
D: Caroline Clegg
C: James Holmes
Þjóðfrumsýning
Opera review: Dead Man Walking, RCS, Glasgow

Particularly outstanding are Carolyn Holt as the crusading Sister Helen, her rich-seamed timbre captivating at every emotional level.

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21 maí 2019www.scotsman.comKen Walton
Dead Man Walking, Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow, four stars

..the first full production in the UK – is top quality. That goes for the performances too, and especially that of mezzo Carolyn Holt as Sister Helen, whose singing is matched with nuanced, characterful acting...

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21 maí 2019www.heraldscotland.comKeith Bruce