Frank Kelley

Frank Kelley sings throughout North America and Europe. He has performed frequently with the Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Florentine Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the San Francisco Opera Company. He has appeared at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), the Theatre de la Monnaie (Brussels), The Frankfurt Opera, Opera de Monte Carlo, and in the Peter Sellars productions of Weill’s Die Sieben Todsünden, Das Kleine Mahagonny, and Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro. The Mozart operas, broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances,” are available on London DVD, as is Die Sieben Todsünden. Mr. Kelley performed the role of Eddie Fislinger in Robert Aldridge’s Grammy-winning recording of Elmer Gantry and his most recent recording of Carlisle Floyd's Wuthering Heights with the Milwaukee Symphony will be released on Naxos. In March of 2015 he made his opera directing debut with the Florentine Opera.

In concert performances, Mr. Kelley has sung with the Boston Symphony, Cleveland, Chicago Symphony,  and St. Paul Chamber orchestras as well as the National Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. He has performed medieval and Renaissance music with Sequentia, the Boston Camerata, and the Waverly Consort, and with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Music of the Baroque, and Aston Magna. Mr. Kelley has participated in numerous festivals, including the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Marlboro Music, Nakamichi, Next Wave, and Boston Early Music as well as the Wexford Festival Opera and Pepsico Summerfare.  He has recorded for various prominent classical labels. Mr. Kelley sings regularly with Emmanuel, both in the Bach Cantata Series and in special projects, including Schumann, Brahms, and Schubert lieder series, and many operas. Mr. Kelley performed Die Schöne Müllerin (Schubert) and Dichterliebe (Schumann) with Russell Sherman, and most recently was heard in Handel's Susanna.