Toronto soprano Holly Chaplin possesses a gorgeous lyric coloratura soprano voice. She studied with Stephanie Bogle at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Classical Voice Performance with honors, and is now part of Frédérique Vézina’s studio. Holly has been featured in productions with Opera York, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera in Concert, Southern Ontario Lyric Opera, the Georgian Bay Symphony and many other companies throughout Ontario. In 2019 she won the Stuart Hamilton Memorial Foundation Award for Emerging Artists and an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition in 2022. Holly’s recent roles include Gilda in Rigoletto, Mimì in La Bohème, Violetta in La Traviata, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Maritza in Countess Maritza, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Isabelle in Robert le Diable. 2026 includes engagements with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, the Georgian Bay Symphony Orchestra and roles including Lucia di Lammermoor, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Nedda (Pagliacci), Gilda (Rigoletto) and Micaëla (Carmen).