William Kelley

Conductor and pianist William Kelley is 1. Kapellmeister at Theater Bremen since 2020 where he conducted productions of Orpheus in der Unterwelt, Doctor Atomic, Macbeth, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Angels in America (Eötvös), Jenufa, Pagliacci, The Cunning Little Vixen, King Arthur (Purcell), and Hello, Dolly! as well as family and gala concerts with the Bremer Philharmoniker. In 2023, he made his debut at the Hamburgische Staatsoper with Bizet’s Carmen in a production from Herbert Fritsch and continued this season with the musical direction of musical meets opera, an open-air concert at Jungfernstieg hosted by Staatsoper Hamburg and the Hamburg Filmfest. Previously, Kelley held the position of Kapellmeister at Luzerner Theater in Luzern, Switzerland. He made his European conducting debu