About
Soprano, Kelly Curtin, is known not only for her extraordinary vocalism, but also for her ability to play both comedic and dramatic roles with realism and great timing. She has been lauded for her “crystal-clear soprano” by Opera News and the “lovely fullness” of her voice by New York Classical Review. Her performance of Marie in La fille du régiment with St. Petersburg Opera in Florida was named “Best Opera Performance of the Decade,” by Creative Loafing Tampa. She also won “Best Leading Actress in a Musical,” for her portrayal of Marie and “Best Supporting actress in a musical” for her portrayal of Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, both with St. Petersburg Opera Company, from Theatre Tampa Bay. She is best known for her singing of Mozart’s famous Queen of The Night in The Magic Flute which she has performed with Shreveport Opera, In Series Opera, Washington Opera Society (at the Austrian Embassy) and Bel Cantanti Opera among many other concerts of the famous aria Der Hölle Rache, and even occasionally adding additional High F’s to the ones that Mozart wrote himself. Other favorite roles include Olympia “The Doll” (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Mimì (La Bohème), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi and Despina (Così fan tutte), Micaëla and Frasquita (Carmen), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Eurydice (Orphée aux Enfers), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Le Feu and Le Rossignol (L’enfant et les sortilèges).