Kelsey Lauritano

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Japanese-American mezzo Kelsey Lauritano has been hailed by the New York Times for the “warmth” and “heroism” of her voice, Opera News for her “wondrous power” and “remarkable beauty of tone”, and by the Boston Globe for her “rippling wine-dark voice with a low range of staggering strength.” Kelsey is currently an ensemble member of Oper Frankfurt. In the company’s 22/23 season she will make four role debuts, as the Second Lady in a brand new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (dir. Ted Huffman, cond. Steven Sloane), as Paolo in a new production of Mercadante’s Francesca da Rimini (dir. Hans Walter Richter, cond. Ramón Tebar), as Lichas in a new production of Händel’s Hercules (dir. Barrie Kosky, cond. Laurence Cummings), and finally as The