Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2014-15 season, the California native’s impressive calendar includes Mozart’sRequiem with Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center, Leoš Janáček’sGlagolitic Mass with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert, Debussy’s La Damoiselle élue and Duruflé’s Requiemwith Donald Runnicles conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Colorado Symphony and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Mahler’s Second Symphony with the San Antonio Symphony and Reno Philharmonic. The artist returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ Creation Oratorio led by Music Director Robert Spano, as well as for Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles. Miss O’Connor also returns to the operatic stage as Smeton in a new production of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Lyric Opera of Chicago conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Kevin Newbury.
Miss O’Connor’s operatic highlights include performances of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly in a new production by Lillian Groag at the Boston Lyric Opera and at the Cincinnati Opera under the baton of Ramón Tebar, Ursule in Berlioz’sBéatrice et Bénédict at Opera Boston, Meg Page in Falstaff with the Santa Fe Opera, and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Canadian Opera Company.
ARTIST:
Theodore Kuchar, conductor
