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Quinn Kelsey Recital

Hawaii Opera Theatre and Hawaii Theatre Center present Quinn Kelsey - A Star Recital

Quinn Kelsey has come a long way from home in Honolulu, where his career in opera began as a member of the Hawaii Opera Theatre chorus in 1991. Today, in the international opera arena, the University of Hawaii-Manoa alumnus is regarded as a leading artist of his generation.

Hawaii Opera Theatre and Hawaii Theatre Center are honored to welcome Kelsey back to Honolulu to celebrate Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 50th Anniversary Season with a recital on of his award-winning repertoire on Wednesday, January 20, at the Hawaii Theatre. He will be accompanied by Tamara Sanikidze on piano.

The formidable baritone’s commanding talent has earned critical acclaim on the most respected stages in the country, including the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Carnegie Hall and the New York Met. Kelsey also has appeared as a principal artist with Hawaii Opera Theatre where he was heard as the Mandarin and Ping in Turandot as well as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Marcello in La Boheme.

“This collaborative effort between HOT and Hawaii Theatre Center promises to be a highlight of our anniversary year,” said Henry Akina, general and artistic director of Hawaii Opera Theatre.

Added Hawaii Theatre President Sarah Richards, “We first heard Quinn on our stage when he had just completed his degree at the University of Manoa. We are delighted that this talented, rising star will once again grace our hall.”

“Kelsey boasts a rare and welcome gift, an enormous vocal sound that he deploys with the lightness of an acrobat. Although he can thunder and roar with the best of them - and does so with utmost technical precision - his phrasing is as fluent and graceful as the most intimate lieder singer. Add to that an effortless command of dynamics and crystalline diction, and the results are simultaneously ingratiating and imposing.” (San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2009)

01/12/2010