EMILIE KEALANI
SOPRANO
Photographed by Amanda Bottoms
highlights
As seen in the Soundbites column of OPERA NEWS and featured
on PBS WHYY,
Filipino-American soprano
Emilie Kealani made her international debut this season with Staatsoper Stuttgart as JANO in JENŮFA.
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Singing in past productions with
The Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Festival & Curtis Opera Theatre,
Emilie strives to integrate the music
of her culture with today's standards.
Photographed by Mustafa Ertugral
"Kealani's light, pretty soprano delivered Musetta's music with absolute accuracy, even in moments of high vivacity."
- David Shengold of OPERA NEWS
"Charmingly sung [Sophie]..." - Voce di Meche
"eindringlich gezeichnet und vokal erfüllt [Jano]..."
(hauntingly drawn and vocally fulfilled)
- Udo Klebers of Oper International
"Kealani’s voice grew in warmth and fortitude as Calisto’s star rose..." - Joseph Dalton of TIMES UNION
"Pretty, light, coloratura and good staccatos [Dalinda]..."
- David Shengold of OPERA NEWS
"...die mit ihrer wunderschönen Stimme die Emotionen der Mahnwache perfekt untermalt hat." (who perfectly accompanied the emotions of the vigil with her beautiful voice) - STELP
"Emilie Kealani, another Young Artist, not that you can easily tell her apart from the headliners [Musetta]..."
- B.A. Nilsson
Photographed by Norman Doggett