Holly Thiemann

Holly Thiemann most recently completed her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance with a minor in Violin Performance at the University of Memphis. A Nashville native, she looks forward to continuing her education at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy. She has performed the roles of Rose in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore with the UofM and Celia in the Chicago Summer Opera’s production of Lucio Silla. During her online studies she continued advancing her skills through preparing the roles of Barbarina from Le nozze di Figaro and Zerlina from Don Giovanni, attending the online PCI Seraphic Fire workshop with Aspen, and performing an online version of Offenbach’s Le Mariage aux Lanternes as Fanchette. Opera scenes she has performed include Maguelonne from Cendrillon, Gretel from Hansel and Gretel, Yum Yum from the Mikado, and Mrs. Jones from Street Scene. Other accolades include winning first place in the Las and Sara Savell Fourth Biennial Vocal Competition, Presser Award, the Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award, 1st place in regional NATS, and earning the Ethel Maxwell Scholarship. She gained her first experience as Assistant Director in the spring 2022 production of Le nozze di Figaro in Memphis and is excited to participate in her first professional program, Teatro Nuovo in New Jersey/New York this summer as Lisa (cover) in Bellini’s La Sonnambula and chorus in Rossini’s La Maometto II.