We are delighted to welcome Norwegian soprano Frøy Hovland Holtbakk for exclusive representation worldwide!
Frøy Hovland Holtbakk is recognized for her technical precision, expressive and lyrical voice, and compelling stage presence.
Since winter 2024, she has been engaged for a three-year term with the Norwegian Opera & Ballet in Oslo. There, she has performed roles such as Sister Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, Stasi in Die Csárdásfürstin, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. In the spring of 2024, Frøy performed the role of Solveig in Peer Gynt at the Bergen International Festival, a co-production between the National Theatre and the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet. During the 2025/2026 season, she has sung Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She will make her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro in the spring of 2026.
Additional recent performances include Adina in L’elisir d’amore at Opera Østfold and Maria in The Sound of Music with Bømlo Teater.
In recent seasons on the concert scene, she has performed works such as Mozart’s Requiem and Grieg’s Haugtussa, and toured Germany and Austria with the Engegård Quartet, presenting Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 alongside lieder by Clara Schumann. The latter will also be performed this spring at the University Aula in Oslo.
Frøy Hovland Holtbakk made her professional debut in 2017 as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Danish Opera, where she later performed roles such as Ida in Die Fledermaus, a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, and Frasquita in Carmen. Debuts followed at the Oper Frankfurt, the Bergen National Opera and Kristiansund Opera. In the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons, Frøy was part of the soloist ensemble at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet as a Young Artist.
