Heather Holzapfel
Soprano
“Although all parts were
sung well enough throughout the opera, Holzapfel stole the show with her
series of immaculate arias while flawlessly playing Queen of the Night.
The role of the Queen was the most demanding vocally because of the
wide range . . . throughout the entirety of the opera.
Time after time, Holzapfel hit each note perfectly with grace and
elegance, even garnering the loudest round of applause after the show.”
In
Die Zauberflöte
from State Hornet, 2004.
Coloratura Heather Holzapfel is an
emerging young professional in the opera world. Ms. Holzapfel received her Master of Music Degree from
California State University, Sacramento in May 2004.
While studying Ms. Holzapfel performed as Königen der Nacht (Queen
of the Night) in Die Zauberflöte
and Mistress Ford in The Merry
Wives of Windsor. Ms.
Holzapfel has performed in many scene productions including:
Baby Doe in The Ballad of
Baby Doe, Giulietta in I
Capuleti ed i Montecchi, and Mrs. Fiorentino in A
Street Scene. Ms.
Holzapfel represented the vocal department of Sacramento State during the
annual FENAM (Festival of New American Music) Festival where she performed
music by Sven Lekberg.
An Alaska native, Ms. Holzapfel
received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
While in Alaska, her production performances included:
Yum-Yum in The Mikado,
Papagena in The Magic Flute,
Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof
and Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense.
In Fairbanks scene productions Ms. Holzapfel has portrayed Olympia
in Les Contes D’Hoffman and
Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte.
In addition to performances, Ms. Holzapfel has been involved in many recitals, competitions and master classes. Most recently she has given three recitals in San Francisco and the Bay Area, performing arias from Bellini and Mozart. In competition she has received third place in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions for the Alaska Region. Ms. Holzapfel has also performed in master class for Anna Vikre, Eileen Strumpel and Vivica Geneaux. Ms. Holzapfel is thrilled to be a recurring artist for Spokane Opera.