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Kathryn McKellar

Birth Place: Houston, TX

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Texas native, Kathryn McKellar, is currently on the artist roster for the Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Opera Collaborative, and is co-director of Opera on Tap Boston. She recently completed her debut with Greater Worcester Opera as Micaela in Carmen and was praised as "the highlight of the production... possessing a radiant voice and a stage presence that demands attention." (Worcester Telegram and Gazette). This season Ms. McKellar will join Reagle Music Theater Company in Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic, My Fair Lady, Lyric Stage Company of Boston in their season-opening production of The Mikado, and will perform in The City of Boston's Waterfront Concert Series. As a 2012 winner of The American Opera Idol Competition, Kathryn was awarded the Lynne Strow-Piccolo Artist Award, and 2nd place in Audience Votes. Other recent appearances include Frasquita in Carmen with Boston Opera Collaborative as part of the company's inaugural Opera Goes to Hell series at the American Repertory Theatre's Club Oberon, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Dorinda in Handel's Orlando, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Oberto in Alcina, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Poppea in OperaHub's dramatically innovative production of L'Incoronazione di Poppea.

During the summer of 2010, Kathryn traveled to Weimar, Germany for her German opera debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. She returned to Boston to sing in Boston Opera Collaborative's productions of Little Women (Beth Cover) and The Cunning Little Vixen (Young Vixen/ Pepik). In October, Kathryn performed as Mrs. Nordstrom in Metro Stage Company's award winning production of A Little Night Music. Kathryn was also a finalist for the 2011 Connecticut Opera Idol.

A versatile artist, Kathryn lends her voice equally to operatic, recital, and concert repertoire, and has performed in numerous recitals and performing arts projects across the United States and in Europe. Kathryn has dedicated her time and energy to many benefit concerts and recitals raising awareness and funds for programs such as Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Arava Institute, and the Ellie Fund. In 2010, Ms. McKellar served as resident music director for the MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and was the assistant stage director in Zemlinsky's powerful one-act opera, "Der Zwerg." The Texas native originated the role of Blanch July 2007 in the world premiere of My Other, My Selves with Opera Works in Los Angeles.

Kathryn has been featured in concert and opera programs throughout Boston, including New England Light Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, The Boston Conservatory, Longwood Opera, The Brookline Chorus, Berklee School of Music, Arlington Street Church, Riverside Theaterworks, Metro Stage Company, Opera del West, and OperaHub. Kathryn received her Masters of Music from The Boston Conservatory where she was a member of The Opera Studio and performed in the conservatory's productions of L'elisir d'amore covering Adina, Le Nozze di Figaro covering Countess Almaviva, and received 1st place in the conservatory's Chamber Music Competition.

Kathryn graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia where she majored in music and pursued extensive studies in literature, psychology, and Italian. While at Hollins, she studied abroad in Milan, Italy at the Verdi Conservatory and Civica Della Musica. She performed frequently with the University's Opera Studio, Hollins University Opera Outreach, the Hollins Repertory Dance Company, the American college dance festival, and in recital and concert works throughout the greater Roanoke area. Kathryn continues to perform concert, recital, and oratorio works in and around her hometown of Dallas. Kathryn is also active in new music, dance, film, television, and film score recordings, and is featured artist in a number of Boston's film and television projects.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Kathryn currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts and studies with Dr. Rebecca Folsom. She is a certified yoga and Pilates instructor and teaches piano and voice throughout the Boston Metro Area.

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New Opera Company Premieres On Cape Cod With THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN


In two debut performances, Opera Theater of Cape Cod (OTCC) premieres with The Tragedy of Carmen on Friday, September 7, 7:30 pm, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St., Wellfleet, and Sunday, September 9, 2 pm at Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd., Cotuit. The chamber opera is Peter Brook's adaptation of Bizet's beloved opera, Carmen. Brook's distillation of the opera focuses on the drama between the principal characters while preserving all of its famous arias and duets. These performances are a new English translation by Joseph Turbessi. The concerts are conducted by Music Director Joseph Turbessi, with stage direction by Ethan DePuy.

OperaHub Produces DIVAS, A Timely, Female-Powered New Play with Opera


Running June 21-30, 2018 in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, DIVAS is a world premiere play with opera music that finds nine great opera divas from across two centuries locked together in the afterlife, pitted against each other to fight for the soul of opera. Written by Boston-based playwright Laura Neill, DIVAS includes thirteen operatic selections from Purcell to Puccini.  Packed with incredible true stories, extravagant fashion, and gorgeous music, DIVAS is a hilarious and poignant showcase of larger-than-life women whose voices reverberate across the centuries.

OperaHub Produces DIVAS, a Timely, Female-Powered New Play With Opera


Running June 21-30, 2018 in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, DIVAS is a world premiere play with opera music that finds nine great opera divas from across two centuries locked together in the afterlife, pitted against each other to fight for the soul of opera. Written by Boston-based playwright Laura Neill, DIVAS includes thirteen operatic selections from Purcell to Puccini. Packed with incredible true stories, extravagant fashion, and gorgeous music, DIVAS is a hilarious and poignant showcase of larger-than-life women whose voices reverberate across the centuries.

OperaHub Produces DIVAS, A Timely, Female-Powered New Play with Opera


Running June 21-30, 2018 in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, DIVAS is a world premiere play with opera music that finds nine great opera divas from across two centuries locked together in the afterlife, pitted against each other to fight for the soul of opera. Written by Boston-based playwright Laura Neill, DIVAS includes thirteen operatic selections from Purcell to Puccini.  Packed with incredible true stories, extravagant fashion, and gorgeous music, DIVAS is a hilarious and poignant showcase of larger-than-life women whose voices reverberate across the centuries.

BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY at Lyric Stage: A Grande Dame


MY FAIR LADY is one of the grande dames of musical theater and the Lyric Stage Company is giving her the royal treatment she deserves under the erudite direction of Scott Edmiston, with musical direction by Catherine Stornetta. In a production packed with quality portrayals across the board, Jennifer Ellis takes her considerable skills to a new level with a performance that is at once humorous, heartbreaking, and triumphant. And then she sings.

Cast Announced for Lyric Stage's MY FAIR LADY


As the Lyric Stage has shown with Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Big River, and more, our forte is turning a grand musical into a completely thrilling event in our uniquely intimate space. Now, director Scott Edmiston will re-fashion My Fair Lady, the delightful story of a down-on-her- luck London flower girl taken on as an 'experiment' by a chauvinistic speech therapist, into another Lyric Stage winner. Based on George Bernard Shaw's beloved play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady introduced the world to a treasure trove of classic tunes including 'I Could Have Danced All Night,' 'On the Street Where You Live,' 'The Rain in Spain,' and 'I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face.'

BWW Reviews: Tears All Around Me in Reagle Music Theatre's LES MISERABLES


Les Miserables is arguably the most popular musical in history and after the successful 2012 motion picture version, its fan base has only continued to expand. Les Mis is hardly a musical, but rather, a movement. Next to tackle this show of epic proportions is the Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham, MA.

Photo Flash: First Look at Ivan Rutherford, Doug Jabara and More in Reagle Music Theatre's LES MISERABLES


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston brings its triumphant 45th anniversary season to a close August 8-18 with Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer's revolutionary pop opera, LES MISERABLES. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!

Ivan Rutherford to Lead LES MISERABLES at Reagle Music Theatre; Full Cast Announced


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston brings its triumphant 45th anniversary season to a close August 8-18 with Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer's revolutionary pop opera, LES MISERABLES. The winner of nine Tony Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score), this international sensation - seen in 42 countries by more than 65 million people - is the longest-running musical in the world.

BWW Review: A Melange of Musical Theatre and Opera in THE MIKADO


The Lyric Stage Company opens its 39th season with an energetic and virtuosic production of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved operetta, directed by Spiro Veloudos and music directed by Jonathan Goldberg, with an ensemble of fifteen outstanding vocal talents.

Rick Hilsabeck and Sarah Pfisterer Star in MY FAIR LADY at Reagle Music Theatre, 8/10-19


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced the cast of My Fair Lady, the beloved Lerner and Loewe classic about an arrogant and crotchety phonetics professor who transforms a spirited Cockney flower girl into an elegant, proper-speaking English lady. Broadway's Rick Hilsabeck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Billy Elliot, the first national tour of Phantom of the Opera) stars as the curmudgeonly professor Henry Higgins. His real-life co-star Sarah Pfisterer (Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat, Children and Art) is his reluctant protege Eliza Doolittle. Performances are August 10-19 in the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham.

Photo Flash: First Look at Rick Hilsabeck, Sarah Pfisterer and More in Reagle Music Theatre's MY FAIR LADY


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced the cast of My Fair Lady, the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical masterpiece about an arrogant and crotchety phonetics professor who transforms a spirited Cockney flower girl into an elegant, proper-speaking English lady. Broadway's Rick Hilsabeck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Billy Elliot, the first national tour of Phantom of the Opera) stars as the curmudgeonly professor Henry Higgins. His real-life co-star Sarah Pfisterer (Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat, Children and Art) is his reluctant protégé Eliza Doolittle. Performances are August 10-19 in the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

Rick Hilsabeck and Sarah Pfisterer Star in MY FAIR LADY at Reagle Music Theatre, 8/10-19


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced the cast of My Fair Lady, the beloved Lerner and Loewe classic about an arrogant and crotchety phonetics professor who transforms a spirited Cockney flower girl into an elegant, proper-speaking English lady. Broadway's Rick Hilsabeck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Billy Elliot, the first national tour of Phantom of the Opera) stars as the curmudgeonly professor Henry Higgins. His real-life co-star Sarah Pfisterer (Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat, Children and Art) is his reluctant protege Eliza Doolittle. Performances are August 10-19 in the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham.

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