Praised for her "divine" voice (Palm Beach Post), with a “rich, beautifully emotional” sound (DC Metro Arts), and an "impressive upper range” (Berkshire Eagle), mezzo-soprano Anna Kelly is a first year member of the Artist Diploma Program in Opera Studies at the Juilliard School, where she is a recipient of the Tatiana Troyanos Scholarship.

 

Ms. Kelly's 2024 season included multiple role debuts: as Dorabella in Opera Saratoga's Così fan tutte, and as Federica in Sarasota Opera's production of Luisa Miller, where she also covered the title role in Carmen. In her first semester at the Juilliard School, also in 2024, Ms. Kelly performed as a recitalist in the Juilliard Liederabend series and in masterclass with Isabel Leonard as part of the Juilliard LIVE Masterclass Series.

 

In 2025, she will sing the role of Mère Marie in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at Peter Jay Sharp Theater before joining the 2025 Apprentice Artist Program at Santa Fe Opera, where she will cover Waltraute in Die Walküre and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro. Additionally, Ms. Kelly will perform excerpts as Octavian from Der Rosenkavelier and Komponist from Ariadne auf Naxos in concert with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra this spring. 

 

The 22/23 season saw Ms. Kelly appear as an apprentice artist at Palm Beach Opera and the Wolf Trap Opera Studio. As a Apprentice Artist at Palm Beach Opera, Ms. Kelly covered Meg Page in Falstaff and Dorabella (study cover) in Così fan tutte. While at Wolf Trap Opera in summer 2023, Ms. Kelly covered Athamas in Semele and performed scenes as Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking. ​​In recital and concert, Ms. Kelly performed with the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, and as a featured soloist with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington Opera Society. 

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Ms. Kelly is a successful vocal competitor, and has been recognized throughout the world by multiple musical organizations and competitions. Most recently, Ms. Kelly received 2nd Place & the Audience Choice award in Dublin Ireland's National Concert Hall, where she performed works by Strauss, Mozart, and Massenet with the Irish National Symphony as part of the finals of the Veronica Dunne International Vocal Competition.

 

Ms. Kelly has also appeared as a semifinalist in both the Metropolitan Opera's 2022 Laffont Competition, and in the 2024 Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition. Other awards include the Albert Sherman Memorial Award at the 2023 Opera Index Competition and 3rd Place Winner in the Gerda Lissner 2023 Lieder/Art Song competition. She has also been a two time winner of the 2022 and 2024 Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition (junior and senior divisions), 1st Place Winner in the National Opera Association's Carolyn Bailey Argento Competition, and 1st place winner in the 2023 James Toland Vocal Competition. 

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Ms. Kelly is a graduate of Yale University's School of Music, and has trained with esteemed young artist programs such as the Houston Grand Opera Young Artists’ Vocal Academy, Santa Fe Opera and Wolf Trap Opera.

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