Esther Maureen Kelly, Soprano
Esther Maureen Kelly recently had the pleasure of being the soprano soloist in the world premiere of Mason Bates’ “Spring River Flowers by Moonlight” under the baton of Marin Alsop at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). She appeared as the soloist in Singapore’s first public performance of David Fanshawe’s “African Sanctus,” and has performed in many of the foremost concert venues across the United States and Asia; including the Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Singapore Esplanade, NCPA Beijing, and Shanghai Grand Theatre. She was fortunate to be a soloist in the historic 50th anniversary concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra being the first American orchestra to perform in China. This past season, she made her Queen of the Night debut at the Esplanade in VA Singapore’s production of Die Zauberflöte, and was a soloist in the premiere of the Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Lio Kuokman. During the 2021-2022 season, she made her debut at the Kennedy Center as a soloist for the COAL+ICE Festival and her Lincoln Center debut as a soloist for the East/West Concert, with the New York City Ballet Orchestra. In January 2022, she was one of the soloists with the US-China Music Institute’s Sound of SpringConcert under the baton of Maestro Jindong Cai. Ms. Kelly was a leading soprano in the world premiere of Ancient Tang Poems from iSING! Suzhou to the World, at the iSING! International Young Artists Festival. Recently, she has performed as Water in The Little Prince, Younger Alyce in Glory Denied, Maddy in the world premiere of All Things Shall Pass, Diane in Orphée aux enfers, Amore and Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice, as well as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte.