Kelly
Guerra

Kelly Guerra
(she/her) Peruvian-American mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra was noted as a “standout” in the Wall Street Journal, for her performance with the Tanglewood Music Center as Mrs. Doc in Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place. Guerra "created a sensation" (BravoCalifornia) singing the role of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro in Santa Barbara.
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Kelly Guerra

Spring 2021 Kelly will sing Zweite Dame in Lighthouse Opera's Die Zauberflöte and will sing with the Metropolitan Opera Guild. During the 2019-2020 season, Guerra was an Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artist where she covered the roles of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and Donna Rosa in Il Postino. Due to COVID-19 cancellations, Guerra was unable to perform the role of Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette during their season. Spring 2020, Guerra would have also premiered Katherine Balch’s Cantata for Orchestra and 3 Voices with the California Symphony. During the summer season, Guerra would have also been an apprentice artist at the Chautauqua Opera festival, singing the role of Indiana Elliott in Virgil Thomson’s Mother of Us All. Guerra has been featured at the Lucerne Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Bard Music Festival. Guerra has performed with a variety of ensembles including the Albany Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Garden State Philharmonic, The Orchestra Now, Contemporaneous, Opera Parallèle and BluePrint. Other roles in her repertoire include Dorabella in Così fan Tutte, Charlotte in Werther, and Sesto in Giulio Cesare. As a first-generation American and native of Southern California, Kelly is passionate about producing projects that raise awareness and monetary aid for detained immigrants in the USA as well as performing excellent music composed by underrepresented groups.

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