Chelsea Hollow

5/2013 Little Women

chelseahollow — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:11:33 +0000

Chelsea will finish her Spring semester at the Conservatory with Mark Adamo’s Little Women. She will be performing the role of Amy March, youngest of the four sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s beautiful novel of which this work is based. More information at sfcm.edu

Free Admission
Friday, May 3rd at 7:30pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, SF, CA 94102

4/2013 Orpheus in the Underworld

chelseahollow — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:04:34 +0000

San Francisco Classical Voice says: “Chelsea Hollow is a sensational Cupid”

Chelsea Hollow as Cupid (Orpheus in the Underworld with Pocket Opera / Director: Igor Vieira; Production Manager: Nicolas Aliaga)

Chelsea is honored to sing with Pocket Opera again as Cupid in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. Donald Pippin has completely revised this role transforming it from a mezzo-soprano tomboy to a glorious piece for coloratura. The SF Bay Area all star cast include Maya Kherani, Michael Desnoyers, Daniel Galpin, Sean Irwin, Sonia Gariaeff, Megan Stetson, Samuel Palmer, Alan Briones, and more!

For ticket information visit pocketopera.org

April 14th, 2013 at 2pm
San Francisco Legion of Honor

April 21st, 2013 at 2pm
Napa Valley Opera House

April 28th, 2013 at 2pm
Berkeley Hillside Club

3/2013 Hot Air Festival

chelseahollow — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:14:04 +0000

Chelsea is thrilled to be joining the Hot Air Festival this March as the soprano soloist in Benjamin C.S. Boyle’s cantata To One in Paradise, for string orchestra, choir, & soloists. It is a beautiful setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same title. Her performance will take place in the Concert Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at 8pm on March 3rd. The festival is an all day event of new music so come early!

March 3rd, 2013 at 8pm
SFCM Concert Hall
50 Oak Street in San Francisco

2/2013 Into the Woods

chelseahollow — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:01:51 +0000

Come see Chelsea as Rapunzel in Sondheim’s Into the Woods February 23rd at 8pm in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Concert Hall. The piece is directed by Heather Matthews with choreography by Michael Mohammed and will be performed with a full orchestra conducted by Bryan Nies. Sondheim brilliantly explores how our favorite fairy tales would unfold when faced with human choices and conflicts.

February 23rd at 8pm
SFCM Concert Hall
50 Oak Street in San Francisco

Free admission!

12/2012 SFCM Family Opera Scenes

chelseahollow — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:02:10 +0000

Chelsea will be a featured performer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Family Opera Scenes this December 8th. This is a show designed for young opera audiences. Scenes have been selected from operas based on the fairy tales of Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and The Magic Flute.

There are two performances, 1pm and 4pm.

Admission is free!

12/2012 Cendrillon Champagne Brunch

chelseahollow — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:42:37 +0000

Sunday, December 2nd is the first ever Champagne Brunch at Salle Pianos in San Francisco. Join Waffle Opera for our American Premiere of Nicolo Isouard’s Cendrillon. We’ll be performing in French with English dialogue by Ted Zoldan. Chelsea is delighted to join the cast as Thisbe, one of Cinderella’s stepsisters.

Seats start at $15 and include a glass of champagne!

For more information and to reserve your seats visit the Waffle Opera website or see the flyer below:

7/2012 Tales of Hoffmann

chelseahollow — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:37:49 +0000

Chelsea Hollow as Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann with Pocket Opera / Director: Nicolas Aliaga)

Chelsea is very excited to join Donald Pippin’s Pocket Opera for their 2012 run of Tales of Hoffmann. She will be singing the role of Olympia. More information at pocketopera.org.

Dates:
San Francisco – July 22 and August 5

Here’s a review from the San Francisco Performance:
“Joining all of these veterans, and almost stealing the show as the doll Olympia, was Chelsea Hollow. Her soprano voice was true and clear but also had a seeming artificiality appropriate to that of a robot. And her robotic movements were uncannily realistic throughout her dance – and even more so when she toppled over from a sitting position with her legs remaining in the now totally absurd sitting position as shown above.” -Philip Hodge, Splash Magazines

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6/2012 Gondoliers

chelseahollow — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:35:59 +0000

Chelsea is delighted to return to Lyric Theater of San Jose for their summer production of Gondoliers! She will be playing the role of Gianetta.

The Gondoliers involves a pair of handsome Venetian gondola oarsmen and a mix up of identities at birth. Along the way to resolving the confusion, Gilbert skewers issues of social equality and the class system with his usual brilliant wit and groundbreaking lyrics. When The Gondoliers premiered in London in 1889, it was given the highest critical acclaim from local media and from England’s Queen Victoria herself, who was so moved that she wrote extensively in her personal diary of the show’s inescapable charm. One journalist reviewing the production wrote, plainly, “it is not opera or play. It is simply entertainment – the most exquisite entertainment we have ever seen.”

While most Gilbert & Sullivan operettas are strictly set within the confines of the composer’s home country of England, The Gondoliers score was widely influenced by a visit Sullivan made to Italy in 1888. Italian folk dances such as the tarantella and saltarello jostle with other vivacious national dances such as the cachucha (a fast gypsy dance from Spain) and operatic influences including Bellini, Bizet, Handel and Mozart.

Stage Director: Cheryl Blalock
Music Director: Michael Taylor

For more information and ticket sales, please visit:
lyrictheatre.org

4/2012 Southern California Recital

chelseahollow — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:29:01 +0000

You are invited to Chelsea’s very first Southern California Recital!

Saturday, April 28th, 2012 @ 12pm

Everyone has been so supportive with their travels up to San Francisco to hear me sing and I thought it would be amazing to come back down to Thousand Oaks and sing before starting my Graduate degree. Tom and Grace Hollow, my incredible parents, are opening up their house for this event and I will be joined by Jordan Eldredge, Thomas Hollow, and Kevin Su Fukagawa. We will be performing an afternoon recital of operatic arias, musical theater songs, and duets. There will be light appetizers and beverages; it is sure to be a fun-filled family event!

This is a fundraising recital to replenish the funds I used to fly across the country to audition, so donations will be welcome at the event. In addition, we will be selling some of my CDs and DVDs but really, I just want to see you! Come join us for a fun daytime recital.

If you cannot attend but would still like to donate, feel free to send contributions online.

Recital will take place at The Hollow’s home in Thousand Oaks, CA (email Chelsea for address)

4/2012 The Telephone & The Impresario

chelseahollow — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:21:57 +0000

Chelsea is incredibly honored to be a part of the San Francisco Waffle Opera’s very first production and to work with the very talented Ted Zoldan, Ben Malkevitch, Angela Jarosz, Lisa Eldredge, and Jordan Eldredge! Director, Ted Zoldan has reworked the translation of Mozart’s The Impresario to pair perfectly with Menotti’s The Telephone. Join Chelsea and the San Francisco Waffle Opera on Sundays, April 15th and 22nd to see this very fun and family friendly performance.

Location:
First Congregational Church of San Francisco

Dates:
Sunday, April 15th at 2pm
Sunday, April 22nd at 2pm

Tickets:
Suggested Donation $12 and $10 (students/seniors)