The young Mezzo Soprano Janara Kellerman is quickly making a name for herself among opera lovers and critics often being referred to as “sultry”; “elegant”, “compelling”, and Opera News said she “displays a mezzo timbre velvety as the nap of a big, juicy peach”. This season Ms. Kellerman will sing the Alto Solos in Bach's Magnificat in NYC, as well as, make her debut with Fresno Grand Opera singing the Old Lady in Bernstein's Candide and will again sing Buttercup in HMS Pinafore with Opera Saratoga this summer.
The 2011-2012 season for Ms. Kellerman included a return to San Antonio Opera for a September concert with American Bass, Peter Volpe, following a very successful run in June as Buttercup in HMS Pinafore where the critics acclaimed “The best voice belongs to the textured, smooth mezzo Janara Kellerman as the “poor little Buttercup.” She also joined OperaMission for their performance of The Marriage of Figaro with the Bryant Park Fall Festival series. Ms. Kellerman also rejoined the Grammy Award Winning composer, Robert Aldridge, for a repeat performance as the Alto Soloist in his grand work for chorus, orchestra and soloists, Parables. She joined the Liederkranz Opera Theatre as Fatme in Spohr's Zemire und Azor and collaborated with Broadway composer, Daniel Lincoln, on his concert "4 Scores and 7 Shows Ago" at the Laurie Beechman Theatre benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.
Recent engagements marked a return to Iowa to sing the works of Schumann Concert. She joined Samuel Ramey, Paul Plishka and several other renowned artists with the New Jersey State Opera in a gala performance. She was invited by the Continuo Arts Foundation to be featured in concert in December. She joined the Topeka Symphony as the Mezzo Soloist for the world premier of Parables. Ms. Kellerman had worked previously with Mr. Aldridge when she stepped in last minute as Sharon Falconer in his opera Elmer Gantry. She returned to sing the role of Amneris in Aida in New Jersey with Maestro Jason Tramm after a very successful performance of Fenena in Verdi’s Nabucco.
Ms. Kellerman made a role debut in concert singing Azucena with the Westfield Symphony in the PNC Performing Arts Center under the baton of Maestro David Wroe. She also made her Avery Fisher Hall Debut singing the alto solo in the 9th of Beethoven. Ms. Kellerman appeared as the solosist in Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. She was also seen as Gluck’s Orfeo, and Rossini’s Arsace of Semiramide under the baton of Maestro Francesco Ledda in the South of Italy. She returned to New York City Opera in their production of Antony and Cleopatra.
In the 2007-2008 seasons Ms. Kellerman worked with New York City Opera covering the title role in Carmen and Malcom in Rossini’s La Donna del Lago. She has also been a part of several of their VOX Showcases on sang on their Fall Gala Concert. With Augusta Opera she sang Carmen in Le Tragedie de Carmen. She joined the Midland Symphony Orchestra singing Suzuki in a production of Madama Butterfly. She made a role debut as Dalilah in Philadelphia and made her role debut singing Amneris in Aida with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre where critics hailed her by saying “But the show really belonged to Janara Kellerman as the jealous, amorous Amneris. Her rich, velvety mezzo voice wrapped itself around every emotion, from anger to charm to pity. She clearly was the finest actor on stage as well, compelling in every scene.”
Making 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.”
Ms. Kellerman 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 soloists were very good, especially Janara Kellerman – a creamy, rich mezzo”
On the concert stage she has sung the alto solos in Honegger’s King David, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Mass in C Minor, Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
The 2011-2012 season for Ms. Kellerman included a return to San Antonio Opera for a September concert with American Bass, Peter Volpe, following a very successful run in June as Buttercup in HMS Pinafore where the critics acclaimed “The best voice belongs to the textured, smooth mezzo Janara Kellerman as the “poor little Buttercup.” She also joined OperaMission for their performance of The Marriage of Figaro with the Bryant Park Fall Festival series. Ms. Kellerman also rejoined the Grammy Award Winning composer, Robert Aldridge, for a repeat performance as the Alto Soloist in his grand work for chorus, orchestra and soloists, Parables. She joined the Liederkranz Opera Theatre as Fatme in Spohr's Zemire und Azor and collaborated with Broadway composer, Daniel Lincoln, on his concert "4 Scores and 7 Shows Ago" at the Laurie Beechman Theatre benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.
Recent engagements marked a return to Iowa to sing the works of Schumann Concert. She joined Samuel Ramey, Paul Plishka and several other renowned artists with the New Jersey State Opera in a gala performance. She was invited by the Continuo Arts Foundation to be featured in concert in December. She joined the Topeka Symphony as the Mezzo Soloist for the world premier of Parables. Ms. Kellerman had worked previously with Mr. Aldridge when she stepped in last minute as Sharon Falconer in his opera Elmer Gantry. She returned to sing the role of Amneris in Aida in New Jersey with Maestro Jason Tramm after a very successful performance of Fenena in Verdi’s Nabucco.
Ms. Kellerman made a role debut in concert singing Azucena with the Westfield Symphony in the PNC Performing Arts Center under the baton of Maestro David Wroe. She also made her Avery Fisher Hall Debut singing the alto solo in the 9th of Beethoven. Ms. Kellerman appeared as the solosist in Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. She was also seen as Gluck’s Orfeo, and Rossini’s Arsace of Semiramide under the baton of Maestro Francesco Ledda in the South of Italy. She returned to New York City Opera in their production of Antony and Cleopatra.
In the 2007-2008 seasons Ms. Kellerman worked with New York City Opera covering the title role in Carmen and Malcom in Rossini’s La Donna del Lago. She has also been a part of several of their VOX Showcases on sang on their Fall Gala Concert. With Augusta Opera she sang Carmen in Le Tragedie de Carmen. She joined the Midland Symphony Orchestra singing Suzuki in a production of Madama Butterfly. She made a role debut as Dalilah in Philadelphia and made her role debut singing Amneris in Aida with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre where critics hailed her by saying “But the show really belonged to Janara Kellerman as the jealous, amorous Amneris. Her rich, velvety mezzo voice wrapped itself around every emotion, from anger to charm to pity. She clearly was the finest actor on stage as well, compelling in every scene.”
Making 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.”
Ms. Kellerman 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 soloists were very good, especially Janara Kellerman – a creamy, rich mezzo”
On the concert stage she has sung the alto solos in Honegger’s King David, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Mass in C Minor, Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
