Tue 2/3 @ 7:30PM
Baritone Quinn Kelsey has come a long way since his days growing up, going to school and getting his feet wet in the opera world in his native Honolulu. While his career began as a chorus member of Hawaii Opera Theatre, he moved on to a large arena, making his debut with New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2008 in La Boheme, and soon adding a string of additional Met credits. And he’s sung with numerous other opera companies across the U.S. and Europe. He’s currently based in Chicago, a significant opera town. (I too have sung with the Chicago Lyric Opera—as a child in what became the Chicago Children’s Choir/Uniting Chicago Voices!)
Kelsey is also a recitalist, which brings him to northeast Ohio this week under the auspices of the Cleveland Chamber Music Society. He’ll be at Disciples Church in Cleveland Heights, accompanied by pianist Craig Ketter to perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, and Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring, which sets Shakespeare texts to music.
Go here for tickets.