Lyric Coloratura Soprano
The Reviews are in!
GAETANO DONIZETTI'S
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
SOUTHERN ONTARIO LYRIC OPERA
COUNTESS MARITZA
GRAFIN MARIZA
"Soprano Holly Chaplin nailed the titular role with her powerful coloratura and agile instrument. Her exquisite bel canto was secure and confident. Donizetti has written unrelenting leaps, runs, and trills for this demanding role, which Chaplin executed with laser precision.
In the famous mad scene, she portrayed Lucia’s maniacal switch from dramatic outbursts to emotional despair with a range of vocal colours that were most beautiful when sung sotto voce. Chaplin is a rising star and deserves to be heard more on the big stages.'
By Denise Lai on March 10, 2025
LUDWIG VAN TORONTO
"Chaplin projected strength of character both physically and vocally. Her ample, lyric tone is secure throughout its range, including some very impressive top notes. She moves well and delivers the copious spoken dialogue with wit and point"
Gianmarco Segato on 30 December 2024
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"Soprano Chaplin is a lyric coloratura soprano with a fulsome voice and a ringing top. It is the kind of vocal instrument that has all the potential to be exciting in the bel canto repertoire, and she has won several awards acknowledging her talent. Chaplin is the one that critics keep an eye on as she climbs the professional ladder. She also has a very pleasant manner on stage."
Paula Citron on December 31, 2024
SCRUTINY
(Photo courtesy of TOT/Gary Beechey – BDS Studios)
Holly Chaplin was an impressive Adina. She has what it takes to be a Donizetti heroine – emotional depth in her lower tones and the vocal intensity needed to support the leaps, runs, and trills of a lyric coloratura. Her stage presence was strong, making her character vivacious and determined"- Dawn Martens | Nov 8, 2024 Opera Canada
"I was impressed with the way Holly Chaplin sang Léontine, the object of Valcour’s affections & mystery gifts. It’s quite different from The Queen of the Night, which I heard her sing in Richmond Hill recently. Léontine also has coloratura and a few high notes, but also dramatic legato passages. It’s a daunting role that sometimes lies low, but Holly was up to it."
-Leslie Barcza on L'Amant Anonyme, Opera in Concert.
Barcza Blog 19/03/2023
" Holly Chaplin is particularly impressive as Léontine and manages a nice mix of power and agility especially in her big aria in the second half."
John Girks, Opera Ramblings. March 2023.
"The stand out performance came from soprano Holly Chaplin who charmingly portrayed the devious Susanna, adding several well-placed octaves which showed off her clear, almost bell-like, top register."
-Matthew Timmermans "Voicebox-I due Figaro. Opera Canada. vol.58 no.4. Winter 2018
"Holly Chaplin’s Queen of the Night was sung as well as I’ve ever heard the role sung, and with the aid of Richmond Hill Centre’s superb acoustics, her pinging coloratura was especially dazzling."
-Leslie Barcza on Magic Flute, Opera York.
Barcza Blog 06/03/2023
"Holly Chaplin, who plays his lady love Cunegonde, bangs those high notes in “Glitter and Be Gay” with the ease of someone flipping an errant hair out of her face. And, like Candide, we get to watch her grow from being a sex object to a wise woman."
-Lynn Slotkin "Review; Candide(Barrie)" Nov.27th 2017 Intermissionmagazine.ca