Nancy Holt

British mezzo-soprano Nancy Holt is currently at the National Opera Studio, having graduated from the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is an Oxford International Song Festival Young Artist 2024/25 and recently performed in Britten Pears Red House Recital: Britten’s Birthday. Nancy is the 2024/25 recipient of The Musicians' Company Saloman Seelig Award and is performing a winners recital at Wigmore Hall in April.

During the 2024 season, Nancy won the Simon Sandbach Award for her time at Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Young Artist 2024, covering the role of Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and playing the role of Maenad 2 in Rameau’s Platée. Nancy joined IF Opera in 2024 covering Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and was an Associate Artist for Nevill Holt Opera 2023, playing Tisbe in La Cenerentola.

Other recent highlights include performing the role of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Clonter Autumn Opera Gala 2023. Nancy won the Basil A Turner Award at British Youth Opera in 2022.

Nancy is a Help Musicians Sybil Tutton Opera Award holder and a Countess of Munster Trust award winner. She studies with John Evans. Nancy is also a trained dancer, having studied ballet, modern, and tap dance for over ten years.

Updated 09.04.25