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| Type: | Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano |
| Genre: | Opera |
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General | | Biography: | Mezzo Soprano, Janara Kellerman is quickly making a name for herself among opera lovers and critics often being referred to as “sultry”; “voluptuous”, “compelling”, and Opera News said she “displays a mezzo timbre velvety as the nap of a big, juicy peach”.
In the 2005-2006 season Ms. Kellerman sang with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She made her debut with Opera Illinois as La zia Principessa in Suor Angelica and completed her first recording with the Michael O’Neal Singers in Atlanta as the alto soloist in Honegger’s King David in which the Atlanta Journal said “all the soloist were very good, especially Janara Kellerman – a creamy, rich mezzo” She returned to Des Moines Metro Opera to sing Maddalena in Rigoletto and the 2nd Lady in The Magic Flute.
The 2006-2007 season saw Ms. Kellerman make her title role debut in Carmen with the Des Moines Metro Opera. Critics said “with her thick black hair, smoldering gaze and brazen swagger, Kellerman casts a spell more potent than any cloud of smoke. She deftly combines her character’s dramatic sense of abandon with the score’s demand for vocal control.” She also sang Maddalena with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. In San Antonio she showed off her comedic side in the role of Ruth in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance and she covered the role of Malcolm in Rossini’s, La donna del lago at New York City Opera and was a part of their 2007 VOX Composer’s Showcase.
For the 2007-2008 season Ms. Kellerman will return to New York City Opera to cover the title role in Carmen as well as perform the role with Glacier Lake Symphony in Montana. She will also travel to Michigan to sing Suzuki with Midland Symphony Orchestra and an Amelia in Othello with Vero Beach Opera.
Ms. Kellerman feels equally at home on the concert stage singing the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Mass in C Minor, Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and in a Viva Verdi! Concert with Opera Southwest.
Ms. Kellerman is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and now resides in New York City.
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