Praised as having a “rich,” and “beautifully emotional” sound (DC Metro Arts), with an "impressive upper range” (Berkshire Eagle), mezzo-soprano Anna Kelly is a first year member of the Artist Diploma Program in Opera Studies at the Juilliard School, where she is a recipient of the Tatiana Troyanos Scholarship.

 

In Juilliard’s 24/25 season, Ms. Kelly will perform as a recitalist in the Juilliard Liederabend series, will sing the role of Mère Marie in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, and will cover the role of L'enfant in L'enfant et les Sortiléges at Alice Tully Hall. Outside of Juilliard, Ms. Kelly's 24/25 season sees her join the 2025 Apprentice Artist Program at Santa Fe Opera, where she will cover Waltraute in Die Walküre and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro. Additionally, Ms. Kelly performs as Octavian from Der Rosenkavelier and Komponist from Ariadne auf Naxos in concert with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra.

 

Earlier in 2024, Ms. Kelly's season included multiple role debuts: as Dorabella in Opera Saratoga's Così fan tutte, and as Federica in Sarasota Opera's production of Luisa Miller, where she also covered the title role in Carmen.

 

Her 22/23 season saw Ms. Kelly appear as a semifinalist in the 2022 Metropolitan Opera, and join the Palm Beach Opera Bailey Apprentice Artist Program and Wolf Trap Opera Studio.​ While at Wolf Trap Opera in 2023, Ms. Kelly covered Athamas in Semele, study covered Siebel in Faust, and performed scenes as Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking. As a 22/23 Apprentice Artist at Palm Beach Opera, Ms. Kelly covered Meg Page in Falstaff, Dorabella (study cover) in Così fan tutte, and was hailed as "divine" by the Palm Beach Post for her success in 2022 fall young artist scenes.

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No stranger to the concert stage, Ms. Kelly has presented solo recitals including a debut with the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, and performed in a number of gala concerts as a featured soloist with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington Opera Society. 

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Ms. Kelly is a successful vocal competitor, and has been recognized throughout the country from multiple musical organizations and competitions. Notably, Ms. Kelly was a semifinalist in both the Metropolitan Opera's 2022 Laffont Competition, and in the 2024 Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition. She was also named the winner of the Albert Sherman Memorial Award at the 2023 Opera Index Competition and 3rd Place Winner in the Gerda Lissner 2023 Lieder/Art Song competition. Additionally, she is a two time winner of the 2022 and 2024 Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition (junior and senior divisions), 1st Place Winner in the National Opera Association's Carolyn Bailey Argento Competition, and 1st place winner in the 2023 James Toland Vocal Competition. 

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Ms. Kelly is a graduate of Yale University's School of Music, and has trained with esteemed young artist programs such as the Houston Grand Opera Young Artists’ Vocal Academy, Santa Fe Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera.

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