EMILIE KEALANI
SOPRANO
Photographed by Micah Gleason
Highlights
Featured in the Soundbites column of OPERA NEWS and a returning guest to PBS WHYY TV-12 programming, her crossover work in Candide, Into the Woods and West Side Story has been praised for demonstrating "a joy in singing, an empathy with her outrageous stage personality, and jaw-dropping technique."
Debuting the role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Merola Opera Program this summer and the role of Najade with Lyric Opera of Chicago in the spring, Filipino American soprano Emilie Kealani has been seen in past productions with Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opera Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Curtis Opera Theatre, and strives to integrate the music of the Asian diaspora with today's standards as the founder of the
Kawpa Passion Project.
Photographed by Sophia Negron
Kapwa Passion Project
"Kealani demonstrated a joy in singing, an empathy with her outrageous stage personality, and jaw-dropping technique [Cunegonde]..."
-Linda Holt of BROAD STREET REVIEW
"Light, delicate soprano was ideal for the innocent Calisto"
-Heidi Walton of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Light, pretty soprano delivered Musetta's music with absolute accuracy
even in moments of high vivacity." - David Shengold of OPERA NEWS
"Eindringlich gezeichnet und vokal erfüllt [Jano]..."
(hauntingly drawn and vocally fulfilled)
- Udo Klebers of OPER INTERNATIONAL
"Pure, agile, and lustrous..." -Susan Galbraith of DC THEATRE ARTS
"Charmingly sung [Sophie]..." -VOCE DI MECHE
"Something truly unique for us to witness..." -Jane Dieckmann of ITHACA TIMES
"Displays a silky soprano range as the innocent Calisto,
ascending to celestial heights as she is transformed into a star at the opera's climax."
-David Seward of THEATRE LIFE