Biography
British soprano and actor Hollie-Anne Clark is a versatile singer, based in Wales and Greater London. Praised for her ‘phenomenal dramatism’ by Operawire and recognised for her ‘true artistic exceptionality’ she has performed at prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Davids Hall, and Wales Millennium Centre. In April this year, Hollie-Anne is honoured to receive invitation from HRH King Charles lll to attend Windsor Castle, for her contributions to music making.
With a professional performing career spanning 15 years and experience within the Opera industry, Hollie is gaining recognition in Musical Theatre and Live Entertainment.
She is proudly represented by Kate Galston of Gilbert and Payne, London.
Hollie-Anne’s classical cinematic EP, Enchanted, released in 2024 has amassed thousands of streams. Her debut album, Pure Imagination (2022), has received critical acclaim in review. She has also made multiple television appearances, for the BBC Proms and a live performance on ITV for Paddy McGuinness.
A sought-after guest artist, Hollie-Anne performs solo shows and is one-half of the vocal duo Infinity Vox. She recently completed two London panto tours of Aladdin (2023/24) and in 2022, originated the role of Sian Price in the new musical Spirit of the Mine by West End composer Geoff Eales, alongside Boyd Clack.
As a creative, Hollie-Anne has written, produced, and directed various children’s theatre productions and is the Artistic Director of Opera Synergy.cyf.
In Opera, Hollie-Anne has performed with companies such as, Mid Wales Opera, North Wales Opera, Opera Synergy, Opera in a Box, and Berlin Opera Academy. 2024 she performed as Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at The Cockpit Theatre and Grimebourn Opera Festival, London, with Ensemble OrQuesta and the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra. And in 2021 made her international role debut in Switzerland as Rosalinde in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.
Highlights of her operatic career include Micaela (Carmen), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Contessa Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Musetta (La Bohème) & Bridesmaid (The Marriage of Figaro).
In concert, Hollie-Anne has performed solo and in chorus with acclaimed orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, under conductors such as Pierre Boulez & Sir Andrew Davis. A frequent soprano at the BBC Proms, she has sung alongside Anna Netrebko in the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Hollie-Anne sang with the BBC for 8 years touring extensively and internationally, and performing for HRH King Charles lll in Westminster Cathedral. She is also a featured soloist on the BBC recording of Tormis’s The Singer’s Childhood, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 with Aled Jones.
She has also performed as a featured soloist with the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra in Broadway! A Night at the Musicals.
Hollie-Anne was a 2020/21 Young Artist with the Wales International Academy of Voice and holds a Master of Advanced Vocal Technique with Distinction, studying with Dennis O’Neill and Della Jones. She previously trained in Advanced Musical Theatre at Associated Studios London with Michael Webborn, and Leontine Hass and holds a Masters degree from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
A passionate choral conductor and vocal animateur, she led the Cardiff Youth Choir to victory at the 2022 Llangollen International Eisteddfod. She has conducted choirs at major venues, including the Royal Festival Hall, Colston Hall, and St David’s Hall. She is a vocal pedagogue and is a visiting teacher at the conservatoire Wales Academy of Vocal and Dramatic Arts.
Beyond her performances, Hollie-Anne is an animal lover with three cats, an accomplished dancer, with proficiency in Italian, French and German, having studied in both Italy and Switzerland.