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Monday, September 26, 2022

Quinn Kelsey Has Tallied Nine Met Roles, Seven Operas, 90 Performances

Summary: Prior to Met Opera's 2022-2023 season, Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey has tallied nine Met roles, seven operas and 90 performances in eight seasons.

Verdi's Rigoletto qualifies as Quinn Kelsey's most performed opera at Met Opera; he sang distraught Count Monterone in 10 performances in the 2010-2011 season; he switched to the title role for 11 performances in the 2021-2022 season; he makes his first reprisal of the dishumored jester in seven performances in Met Opera's 2022-2023 season: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Dec. 30, 2021

Prior to the Metropolitan Opera's 2022-2023 season, native Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey has tallied nine Met roles, seven operas and 90 performances in eight seasons, spread across 14 years.

Met Opera's 2007-2008 season debuted 110 performers and production team members. Baritones accounted for 13 of the debuts.

Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born March 7, 1978) numbered as the season's 12th debuting baritone. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut Saturday, March 29, 2008, as Schaunard in the opera company's 1,194th performance of La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924). He sang the role of the bohemian musician in six of the opera's seven performances in the 2007-2008 season. Kelsey's Schaunard appeareed in the first four (Saturday, March 29; Tuesday, April 1; Saturday, April 5; Wednesday, April 9) and last two (Tuesday, April 15; Friday, April 18) of the opera's seven performances in the 2007-2008 season.

Three seasons later, Kelsey returned to Met Opera for his second opera and second role. He sang the paternal role of Count Monterone, curser of jesting Rigoletto and of the jester's patron, the seduction-fixated Duke of Mantua, in Rigoletto by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901). The 2010-2011 season offered 15 performances of Rigoletto, with Kelsey singing Monterone in the last 10 (Tuesday, Jan. 11; Saturday, Jan. 15; Tuesday, Jan. 18; Saturday, Jan. 22; Thursday, Jan. 27; Tuesday, April 26; Saturday, April 30; Tuesday, May 3; Friday, May 6; Thursday, May 12).

After an absence of three seasons, Kelsey returned for two operas in Met Opera's 2014-2015 season. His return added a third opera and two role debuts to his Met repertoire.

Kelsey revisited his first Met opera, La Bohème, for his third Met role debut. His switch from musical Schaunard to painterly Marcello also added a second role to his La Bohème portfolio at Met Opera. He sang Marcello in the first four (Tuesday, Sep. 23; Friday, Sep. 26; Monday, Sep. 29; Saturday, Oct. 4) of the 2014-2015 season's 15 performances of Puccini's poignant, popular bohemian opera.

Kelsey's third Met opera and fourth Met role debut occurred in Verdi's La Traviata as Giorgio Germont, a father who, tragically later than sooner, accepts the true love shared by his son, Alfredo, and courtesan Violetta Valéry. The 2014-2015 season offered 12 performances of La Traviata, with Kelsey as the paternal Germont in the first nine (Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014; Tuesday, Dec. 16; Friday, Dec. 19; Monday, Dec. 22; Saturday, Dec. 27; Tuesday, Dec. 30; Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015; Saturday, Jan. 10; Wednesday, Jan. 14).

The specifics of Quinn Kelsey's appearances in Met Opera's 2014-2015 season included the addition of a second Verdi opera to the native Hawaiian baritone's Met repertoire. Of his four roles, two were paternal, as Rigoletto's Count Monterone and as La Traviata's Giorgio Germont. Also, his 13 performances (4 La Bohème plus 9 La Traviata) increased his total Met performances from 16 pre-2014 performances (6 La Bohème in 2008 plus 10 Rigoletto in 2011) to 29.

Kelsey's first reprisal of his second La Bohème role occurred consecutively. In the 2015-2016 season the opera received 16 performances, with Kesley singing Marcello in the seventh through 11th performances (Wednesday, Jan. 6; Saturday, Jan.9; Wednesday, Jan. 13; Saturday, Jan. 16; Tuesday, Jan. 19). His five performances increased his Met Opera performance tally to 34.

After an absence of one season, Kelsey returned to Met Opera for three operas. The 2017-2018 season added three operas and three role debuts to his Met Opera repertoire. The season also initiated a set of three consecutive seasons (2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020) as a Met Opera performer for Kelsey.

Kelsey's fifth Met role debut occurred in his fourth Met opera, Hänsel und Gretel by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (Sep. 1, 1854-Sep. 27, 1921), as Peter, the broom-making father of two Gingerbread Witch-defeating children. In the 2017-2018 season, the fairy tale opera received seven performances, with Kelsey singing paternally in the first three (Monday, Dec. 18, 2017; Friday, Dec. 22; Tuesday, Dec. 26) and last three (Saturday, Dec. 30; Monday, Jan. 1, 2018; Saturday, Jan. 6).

Kelsey's appearances as Count di Luna in Verdi's Il Trovatore qualified as his sixth Met role debut and his fifth Met opera. In the 2017-2018 season, Il Trovatore received eight performances, with Kelsey as the unknowingly fratricidal Count di Luna in the first four (Monday, Jan. 22; Friday, Jan. 26; Tuesday, Jan. 30; Saturday, Feb. 3).

Lucia di Lammermoor by Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848) numbered as Kelsey's sixth Met opera. The tragical opera's Lord Enrico Ashton, whose uncompromising decisions unhinge his sister, provided him with his seventh Met role debut. In the 2017-2018 season, the 17th century Scotland-themed opera received 12 performances, with Kelsey singing Enrico in the last five performances (Wednesday, April 25; Saturday, April 28; Wednesday, May 2; Saturday, May 5; Thursday, May 10).

Kelsey's appearances in the 2017-2018 season profiled as his third Verdi opera, his third paternal role (Peter) and his first two fraternal roles (Count di Luna, Enrico). His 15 appearances (6 Hänsel und Gretel plus 4 Il Trovatore plus 5 Lucia) increased his total Met performances to 49.

In the following season, 2018-2019, Kelsey sang in two operas. The season provided Kelsey with his seventh Met opera, his eighth Met role debut, his fourth paternal role and his first reprisal of a Verdi role.

Kelsey's eighth Met role debut occurred as Amonasro, King of Ethiopia and Princess Aida's father, in his seventh Met opera, Verdi's Aida. The compelling, ancient Egypt-themed opera received 14 performances, with Kelsey as Amonasro in the first seven (Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2018; Saturday, Sep. 29; Tuesday, Oct. 2; Saturday, Oct. 6; Thursday, Oct. 11; Monday, Oct. 15; Thursday, Oct 18) and last three (Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019; Monday, March 4; Thursday, March 7) performances.

Kelsey's reprisal of La Traviata's Germont marked his first reprisal of a Verdi role. In the 2018-2019 season, the opera received 15 performances, with Kelsey as Giorgio Germont in the first eight performances (Tuesday, Dec. 4; Friday, Dec. 7; Tuesday, Dec. 11; Saturday, Dec. 15; Tuesday, Dec. 18; Saturday, Dec. 22; Wednesday, Dec. 26; Saturday, Dec. 29).

The 2018-2019 season detailed as Kelsey's fourth Verdi opera and as paternal roles in both of the operas in which he performed. The season's tally of 18 Kelsey performances (10 Aida plus 8 La Traviata) increased his career Met performance total to 67. Both of his roles were paternal.

The subsequent season, 2019-2020, brought Kelsey back to Met Opera for one opera. His revisit to Verdi's La Traviata numbered as his second reprisal of the role of Giorgio Germont. La Traviata's revival received 12 performances, with Kelsey singing the paternal role in the first eight (Friday, Jan. 10, 2020; Tuesday, Jan. 14; Saturday, Jan. 18; Thursday, Jan. 23; Sunday, Jan. 26; Friday, Jan. 31; Monday, Feb. 3; Friday, Feb. 7). His eight Germont appearances increased his career Met performance total to 75.

After an absence of one season, Kelsey returned to Met Opera in the 2021-2022 season for two operas. His appearances qualified as one Met role debut of a new paternal role and one reprisal.

Kelsey achieved his ninth Met Opera role debut in the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto. His switch from his 2010-2011 season portrayal of paternal Count Monterone to paternal Rigoletto in the 2021-2022 season added a second role to his Rigoletto portfolio at the Metropolitan Opera. The tragic opera, transplanted from Verdi's 16th century north central Italy to American theater director Bartlett Sher's reimagined 1920s Weimar Germany, received 14 performances, with Kelsey in 11. Kelsey sang the title role in the new production's opening night (New Year's Eve, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021) and in the last 10 performances (Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022; Wednesday, Jan. 19; Saturday, Jan. 22; Tuesday, Jan. 25; Saturday, Jan. 29; Saturday, May 28; Wednesday, June 1; Saturday, June 4; Wednesday, June 8; Saturday, June 11).

His appearances in his second 2021-2022 season opera, Puccini's La Bohème, signaled Kelsey's second reprisal of painterly Marcello. Puccini's bohemian Paris-situated, poignant opera received 15 performances, with Kelsey's Marcello in the last four (Monday, May 16, 2022; Friday, May 20; Tuesday, May 24; closing night, Friday, May 27).

His 2021-2022 season's clinches of ninth Met role debut and second Puccini role reprisal contributed 15 performances (11 Rigoletto plus 4 La Bohème) to Kelsey's Met Opera repertoire. At the end of the season, Kelsey tallied nine Met role debuts, seven operas and 90 performances.

Kelsey's Met Opera repertoire emphasizes Verdian operas, with five Verdian role debuts in four Verdian operas. The Verdi preponderance in Kelsey's Met repertoire correlates with artist and now retired Hawai'i Public Radio reporter and co-host Noe Tanigawa's description of Quinn Kelsey as "fast becoming the Rigoletto and Verdi Baritone of his generation" in "Quinn Kelsey: That Hawaiian Baritone," published Aug. 21, 2018, for Hawai'i Public Radio's Culture & Arts section.

Bartlett Sher's new production of Verdi's Rigoletto, modernly reset from 16th century north central Italy to 1920s Weimar Germany, debuted in the 2021-2022 season and featured Quinn Kelsey (kneeling, center) in the title role; Michael Yeargan, set designer, and Catherine Zuber, costume designer: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Jan. 28, 2022

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

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Monday, September 19, 2022

Quinn Kelsey Sings Amonasro, Marcello, Rigoletto at Met in 2022-2023

Summary: Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey sings Amonasro, Marcello and Rigoletto in Met Opera's 2022-2023 season as role reprisals from 2018-2019 and 2021-2022.

Met Opera's 2022-2023 season reunites Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Rosa Feola (Gilda) in their first reprisals as tragic father and daughter in the first revival of Bartlett Sher's production of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Jan. 19, 2022

Native Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey sings Amonasro, Marcello and Rigoletto at Met Opera for the 2022-2023 season in his second Aida role reprisal, third La Bohème role reprisal and first Rigoletto role reprisal, respectively.

Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born March 7, 1978) made his Metropolitan Opera debut Saturday, March 29, 2008, as Schaunard in the opera company's 1,194th performance of La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924). He sang the role of the bohemian musician in six of the opera's seven performances in the 2007-2008 season.

Seven seasons later, in the 2014-2015 season, Kelsey made his first revisit to La Bohème at Met Opera. His return to Puccini's bohemian opera added a second La Bohème role to his Met Opera portfolio. He sang Marcello the painter in four of the season's 15 performances of the opera.

Kelsey's first reprisal of Marcello occurred in Met Opera's 2015-2016 season. He sang the painter's role in five of the season's 16 performances of La Bohème.

His second reprisal of Marcello took place in the 2021-2022 season. He sang the role in the last four of the season's 15 performances of La Bohème.

Quinn's third reprisal of Marcello happens in Met Opera's 2022-2023 season. His appearances as the bohemian painter mark his second consecutive season in the role and qualifies as the third of his three paternal roles in the 2022-2023 season.

All 14 of the season's performances of La Bohème are scheduled for spring. Kelsey's appearances are slated for the season's last five performances of the opera. He sings Marcello Friday, May 26, at 8:00 p.m.; Monday, May 29, at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 4, at 3:00 p.m.; and closing night, Friday, June 9, at 7:00 p.m.

Kelsey added Rigoletto by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) as the second opera in his Met Opera repertoire during the 2010-2011. He appeared as elderly Count Monterone, father of one of the lustful Duke of Mantua's victims, in the last 10 of the season's 15 performances of the tragic Verdian opera.

Kelsey's return to Rigoletto at Met Opera 11 seasons later, in the 2021-2022 season, added a new paternal role to his Met Opera repertoire. He sang the title role, as the father of self-sacrificing, Duke of Mantua-besotted Gilda, in the first and last 10 of the season's 14 performances of Rigoletto.

Kelsey makes his first reprisal of the title role in Met Opera's 2022-2023 season. His appearances as the jester who painfully learns the disvalue of ridiculing others mark his second consecutive season in the role and qualify as the first of his two paternal roles in the 2022-2023 season.

All 14 of the 2022-2023 season's performances of Rigoletto are scheduled for winter (November, December). Kelsey sings the title role in the opera's first seven performances: Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3:00 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 26, at 1:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8:00 p.m.

Kelsey added Aida as the seventh opera in his Met Opera repertoire during the 2018-2019 season. He made his role debut as Amonasro, King of Ethiopia and Princess Aida's father, in the first seven of the season's 11 performances of the ancient Egypt-themed opera by Verdi.

Kelsey's first reprisal of Amonasro took place in the 2018-2019 season. He appeared in the three of the season's seven performances of Aida.

Three seasons later, in the 2022-2023 season, Kelsey makes his second reprisal of Amonasro. His appearance as Amonasro marks his second paternal role, as Princess Aida's father, in the 2022-2023 season.

The season's 15 performances of Aida are scheduled as seven winter (December, January) and eight spring (April, May) performances. Kelsey is slated to sing the role of Aida's kingly father in December's last four performances: Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 7:30 p.m.

The takeaways for Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro, Marcello and Rigoletto at Met Opera in 2022-2023 are that the native Hawaiian baritone is scheduled for three of the 23 operas rostered for the Metropolitan Opera's 2022-2023 season and that he appears in one Puccini and two Verdi operas. Also, two (Amonasro, Rigoletto) of his three roles are paternal.

Met Opera makeup artist Marian Torre transforms Quinn Kelsey into Rigoletto: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Dec. 8, 2021

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

Met Opera makeup artist Marian Torre transforms Quinn Kelsey into Rigoletto: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Dec. 8, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/10165916516395533/

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Hawaii Opera Theatre. "We are tuning in to tonight’s Great Performances at the Met on PBS . . . are you? Baritone Quinn Kelsey takes on the title role in Verdi's timeless tragedy, Rigoletto, tonight at 8pm HST. An HOT Orvis Opera Studio alumnus, Quinn first took the stage as a member of the HOT Chorus and has gone on to international stardom. HOT fans will recognize Quinn from last year’s performance of Opera Kanikapila and past mainstage productions such as La Traviata. Get all the details at https://www.hawaiiopera.org/…/great-performances-at-the-m…/. . ." Facebook. June 17, 2022.
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Linda C @LindaClassical. "A desire for revenge and a curse leads to tragic consequences for a court jester, Rigoletto, and his beloved daughter, Gilda. Giuseppe Verdi's dramatic opera, Rigoletto, today 1pm ET @classicalweta 90.9FM, a live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, featuring Quinn Kelsey." Twitter. Jan. 29, 2022.
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Mari Matsuda @mari_matsuda. "Local boy makes good, absolutely glowing NYT review of Quinn Kelsey at the Met. I’ve been a fan of the singing Kelseys since I saw his parents in the Maile Aloha Singers when I was in High School." Twitter. Jan. 4, 2022.
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Michael Cooper @coopnytimes. "Looking forward to talking OPERA and FILM -- two of my favorite things -- this weekend with the entertaining and erudite William Berger and the great, great baritone Quinn Kelsey." Twitter. Aug. 6, 2020.
Available @ https://twitter.com/coopnytimes/status/1291551159560425475

New York Times Arts @nytimesarts. "The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s 'Rigoletto' stars Quinn Kelsey and Rosa Feola in a 'detailed, dramatic' staging, our critic writes." Twitter. Jan. 2, 2022.
Available @ https://twitter.com/nytimesarts/status/1477713007203565570

OPERA NEWS @OPERANEWS. "2022 OPERA NEWS Awards honoree Quinn Kelsey as Rigoletto at the Met, with Rosa Feola as Gilda. Read our tribute to "a singer for the ages" who "expands what it means to be a Verdi baritone" here: https://operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2022/4/Features/OPERA_NEWS_Awards_Honorees_%E2%80%94_Quinn_Kelsey.html Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera." Twitter. March 25, 2022.
Available @ https://twitter.com/OPERANEWS/status/1507451191160156161

PBS Hawai'i. "Quinn Kelsey / Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox." YouTube. July 13, 2017.
Available @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy_NA2-GFoY

Picuki. "@mariantorremakeup Marian Torre." Picuki > Profile.
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Preston, George. "Playlist: What Makes a Verdi Baritone? Sherrill Milnes and Quinn Kelsey Explain." WFMT > Stories. Oct. 14, 2019.
Available @ https://www.wfmt.com/2019/10/14/what-makes-a-verdi-baritone-sherrill-milnes-and-quinn-kelsey-explain/

Salazar, Francisco. "Q & A: Quinn Kelsey on Opera Kanikapila, Hawai’i Opera Theatre & Collaborating with Taimane Gardner." OperaWire. Feb. 14, 2021.
Available @ https://operawire.com/q-a-quinn-kelsey-on-opera-kanikapila-hawaii-opera-theatre-collaborating-with-taimane-gardner/

Stage Tube. "VIDEO: Quinn Kelsey of the Hawai'i Opera Theatre Performs 'Silent Night' in English and Hawaiian." Broadway World. Dec. 23, 2020.
Available @ https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/VIDEO-Quinn-Kelsey-of-the-Hawaii-Opera-Theatre-Performs-Silent-Night-in-English-and-Hawaiian-20201223 Available @ https://www.broadwayworld.com/hawaii/article/VIDEO-Quinn-Kelsey-of-the-Hawaii-Opera-Theatre-Performs-Silent-Night-in-English-and-Hawaiian-20201223

Wasserman, Adam. "OPERA NEWS Awards Honorees: Quinn Kelsey: Quinn Kelsey, a singer for the ages, expands what it means to be a Verdi baritone." Opera News, vol. 86, no. 10 (April 2022).
Available @ https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2022/4/Features/OPERA_NEWS_Awards_Honorees_%E2%80%94_Quinn_Kelsey.html

WFMT @WFMTclassical. "What makes a Verdi baritone? Sherrill Milnes and Quinn Kelsey explain https://wfmt.com/2019/10/14/what-makes-a-verdi-baritone-sherrill-milnes-and-quinn-kelsey-explain/." Twitter. Oct. 14, 2019.
Available @ https://twitter.com/WFMTclassical/status/1183809733389705217