Opera
Fiordiligi
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
RWCMD
2020
Mimi
La Boheme (Puccini)
Welsh National Opera Gala
2019
Foreign Woman
The Consul (Menotti)
Welsh National Opera
2019
Lady Billows
Albert Herring (Britten)
RWCMD
2019
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Oxenfoord International
2019
Fiordiligi
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
Welsh National Opera Gala
2019
Lauretta
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Edinburgh Studio Opera
2018
Elisabetta
Maria Stuarda (Donizetti)
Oxenfoord International
2018
Pamina
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Fife Opera
2017
Zweite Dame
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
RNCM Opera
2017
Countess
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
RNCM Opera
2017
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
RNCM Opera
2017
Tatyana
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Oxenfoord International Summer School
2017
Countess
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Italian Opera Summer School
2016
Giulia
La Scala di Seta (Rossini)
RNCM Opera
2016
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Italian Opera Summer School
2016
Susanna
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
RNCM Opera
2015
High Priestess
Aïda (Verdi)
Pro-Musica, Glasgow
2013
Contemporary Opera
Principle Soloist
Herr Ludwig (Eldad Diamant)
Clothmakers Centenary Hall Leeds
2016
Magda
Kristalnacht (Mel Douglas)
Clothmakers Centenary Hall Leeds
2016
Verity
Cheese (Lucy Armstrong)
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2015
Stella
A Streetcar Named Desire (André Previn)
RNCM Opera
2015
Early Music
Dido
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Edinburgh Studio Opera
2018
Soprano Soloist
L'ode Gelsindo (Giovanni Clari)
RNCM Baroque Ensemble
2017
Soprano Soloist
Tanti Strali (Handel)
RNCM Baroque Ensemble
2015
Soprano Soloist
Magnificat (Antonio Vivaldi)
Pro-Musica, Glasgow
2014
2nd Soprano Soloist
Membra Jesu Nostri (Buxtehude)
Music of the Spheres, Glasgow
2013
Chorus
1st soprano Chorus
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Dorset Opera
2016
1st soprano Chorus
Macbeth (Verdi)
Dorset Opera
2016
1st soprano Chorus
L'élisir d'Amore (Donizetti)
Dorset Opera
2015
1st soprano Chorus
Un Ballo In Maschera (Verdi)
Dorset Opera
2015
1st soprano Chorus
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Dorset Opera
2014
1st soprano Chorus
Aïda (Verdi)
Dorset Opera
2014
1st soprano Chorus
Merry Widow (Lehár)
RNCM Opera
2014
Oratorio/Concerts
Soprano Soloist
Troubairitz (Tansy Davies)
Wigmore Hall
2017
Soprano Soloist
Wintersong (Ollie Lambert)
British Library London
2017
Soprano Soloist
My Soviet Passport (Max Burstyn)
British Library London
2017
Soprano Soloist
Mass in C (Beethoven)
King Edward Music Society, Macclesfield
2016
Soprano soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh
2016
Soprano soloist
Stabat Mater (Dvořák)
Beverley Minster
2016
Soprano Soloist
In Terra Pax (Finzi)
Caledonian Voices
2016
Soprano Soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
2014
Soprano Soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Smetana Hall, Prague
2014
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Don Giovanni (RNCM Scenes)
Le Nozze di Figaro (RNCM Scenes)
Janet Price Opera Prize (2018)
Ann Driver Scholar (Ann Driver Trust) (2016)
Entrance Scholarship - RNCM (2016)
Opera North Mentor Scheme (2016)
Marion Semple Weir Educational Trust Scholarship (2015-18) (2015)
MA Advanced Opera Studies
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2018–2020
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (Vocal Studies)
Royal Northern College of Music
2016–2017
Mmus (Vocal Performance) - Distinction
Royal Northern College of Music
2014–2016
MA (Hons) French and Music - 2:1
University of Glasgow
2007–2012
Scottish lyric soprano Freya Holliman is a recent graduate from the David Seligman Opera School at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she won the prestigious Janet Price Opera Prize and the Seligman Prize for Excellence.
While still a student, she made her Welsh National Opera debut as Foreign Woman in The Consul by Menotti. This season she performed the title role in Ensemble OrQuesta's revival production of Alcina. Other roles include: Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte (RWCMD), Suor Osmina Suor Angelica (Random Opera Company), Lady Billows Albert Herring (RWCMD), Pamina and Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte (Fife Opera, and RNCM) and the title role in Dido and Aeneas (Edinburgh Studio Opera)
She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a Masters degree and a Postgraduate Diploma. She also holds an undergraduate degree in French and Music from the University of Glasgow with a focus in French gastronomic history.
On the concert platform, Freya regularly performs in oratorio and recitals across Great Britain. She enjoys working with composers and exploring new repertoire. In 2017 she performed Troubairitz by Tansy Davies at the Wigmore Hall, London.
