Saane Aziza Halaholo, Soprano | About - Saane Aziza Halaholo, Soprano

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Tongan-American and California native Saane Aziza Halaholo is already gaining recognition as a promising, young lyric soprano. This season Ms. Halaholo looks forward to joining Palm Beach Opera as an Apprentice Artist, where she will cover Annina in La traviata, as well as study cover Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Violetta in La traviata. She will also compete in the district auditions of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, as well as the Sullivan Foundation. Most recently, Ms. Halaholo was a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, where she performed Edith in Seán Curran’s production of The Pirates of Penzance, under the baton of Maestro Joseph Colaneri, and covered Giunone in La Calisto, directed by Mo Zhou and conducted by Maestro Rob Ainsley.

In recent seasons, Ms. Halaholo has sung with Wolf Trap Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Colorado, and Cincinnati Song Initiative. Her repertoire includes the title role in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, New Prioress in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, Susannah in Floyd’s Susannah, Contessa Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Léontine in Bologne’s L’Amant Anonyme, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, and Nina in Massenet’s Chérubin. A fierce proponent of contemporary music, Ms. Halaholo has performed the role of Maya in Robert Paterson’s one-act opera The Companion and workshopped the role of Marilyn in Santa Fe Opera's commission of The Righteous by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith. Equally comfortable on the oratorio stage, she has appeared as the soloist in Fauré's Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

A winner of the 2024 Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s Competition for Colorado Singers and the 2022 Tuesday Musical Association Voice competition, Ms. Halaholo has trained at prestigious institutions including the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach.

Saane Aziza Halaholo performed Edith with a rich-toned, ample soprano" – James Sohre (Opera Today)