Quinn Kelsey, Baritone

Biography

Baritone Quinn
Kelsey, a third-year
member of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, appeared in Lyric
Opera's 2004-05 season as the Forester in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (student matinee). Born and raised in
Honolulu, Hawai'i, Kelsey received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal
Performance from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa under John W. Mount. Having
begun his career as a teenager in the Hawai'i Opera Theatre chorus, he has
returned as a principal artist, appearing as Melot/Tristan und Isolde, 
Yamadori/Madama Butterfly, and
most recently Marcello/La Bohème and
both the Mandarin and Ping/Turandot.

As a soloist, Kelsey recently made his
New York debut as part of the Marilyn Horne Foundation's annual gala concert at
Carnegie's Zankel Hall where the New York Sun
praised his "ravishing baritone" in his interpretation of Ravel's Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques.

The baritone's concert work includes
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Handel's Messiah, Fauré's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem,
Rutter's Requiem, Beethoven's Mass in C, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and
Creation, and Puccini's Messa di
Gloria with major orchestral and choral organizations throughout Hawai'i,
as well as the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Chicago Children's Choir.

In the upcoming Lyric Opera
season, he will be seen in Carmen, Manon
Lescaut, Rigoletto, and Der
Rosenkavalier. Along with LOCAA soprano Nicole Cabell, Kelsey will
represent the United States at the 2005 BBC Singer of the World competition in
Cardiff, Wales.