Biography

Katy Kelly is a versatile Soprano Soloist, specialising in oratorio, opera & concert work. She studied for her Graduate Performance Diploma in Opera at the Boston Conservatory. She qualified as a Regional Finalist at the Metropolitan Opera New England National Council Awards (USA), and has won many prizes for her singing in Europe, including the IAWS John McCormack Bursary. She has performed in Carnegie Hall with the Thomas Moore Festival, and she is a regular performer at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Operatic performances include “Santuzza” in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana , “Sorceress” in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, “Donna Anna” in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, “Countess” in Le Nozze di Figaro, “Königin der Nacht” in Die Zauberflöte, and “Le Feu/Le Rossignol” in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges, “Euridice” in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, “Musetta” in Puccini’s La Boheme, and “Sandman” in Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel.

Oratorio includes Faure’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Poulenc's Gloria, Rutter's Magnificat, Bach's Matthew & St John Passion, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio & St John's Passion, Beethoven's Fantasie & Mass in C, Dvořák's Stabat Mater, Mozart's Requiem, Mass in C Minor & VesperaeSolennes de Confessore, Haydn's The Creation, Paukenmesse, Theressienmesse, Missa Brevis, Die Sieben LetztenWorte & Nelson Mass, Handel’s Messiah, Dixit Dominus & Coronation Mass, Saint-Saens’ Oratorio de Noel, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Elijah, M. Haydn's Sancti Leopoldi & Vespers, Gjeilo’s Tundra, Arnesen’s Magnificat & Stabat Mater, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Scarlatti’s Dixit Dominus, Cassidy’s The Mass, Bruckner's Mass in F Minor and Jenkin's The Armed Man.

She recorded the “Königin der Nacht” arias for the RTÉ television programme "The Symphony Sessions-the Sopranos. She was featured on the RTE1 TV programme “Abhainn”. She was featured on the most recent Villagers album, and on the soundtrack for Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” Her CD, "A Few of My Favourite Sings" is available on all streaming platforms including Spotify & Apple Music. Katy was the soprano for the recent sold out “Bach Cantata Series” and is currently touring Ireland with the Ennio Morricone Experience. Her up to date list of oratorio & concert is available on YouTube/Instagram: @katykellysoprano