Soprano

Lyric Coloratura Soprano Madison Holtze is thrilled to be back with St. Croix Valley Opera! Known for her “liquid, silvery” and “dulcet” soprano voice, and “imbuing [her] characters with great flair,” she worked with St. Croix Valley Opera earlier this year as The Queen of the Night (Magic Flute for Kids; St. Croix Valley Opera). In 2026, she will sing Soprano 1 in the workshop of Laila Starr (MN Opera) and the mainstage performance, and will premiere the role of Olympia (Tales of Hoffman; Mixed Precipitation.) In 2025, she completed her first season as a Young Artist in Residence with Teatro Nuovo where she covered the role of Amina and sang in the chorus of La Sonnambula and Macbeth. In 2024, she completed two sessions as a resident artist with Opera on the James in Virginia. Favorite previous roles include Little Red (Little Red Riding Hood; Opera on the James,) Mabel (Pirates of Penzance; Madison Savoyards,) Zina (Dark Sisters; Journey North Opera,) Ex-Girlfriend/Violin 1 (Once; Theater L’Homme Dieu,) Serpina (La Serva Padrona; Mill City Opera) and Cinderella (Cendrillon, English Tour; Lyric Opera of the North.) Holtze has won the St. Croix Valley Opera Competition, Schubert Club scholarship competition, Thursday Musical scholarship competition, the Voices of Vienna scholarship competition, was a semi-finalist in the Camille Coloratura competition, and is a four time winner of the MN NATS scholarship competition. She is an active member of the Minnesota Opera Chorus and is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota. Holtze is also a proud teacher to voice and violin students across the Twin Cities.