Janis Kelly (soprano)

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'''Janis Kelly''' is a Scottish operatic soprano and voice teacher. She is a Professor and Chair of Vocal Performance at the [[Royal College of Music]] in London.<ref></ref>

==Early life==

Kelly was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland.

She studied at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]] and the Royal College of Music.
Following this, she studied under [[Elisabeth Grümmer]] in Paris. <ref></ref>

==Career and reception==

'''Operatic appearances'''

She has performed with the [[English National Opera]] for over 30 years. Her roles at the ENO have included Marcellina in [[The Marriage of Figaro]] and Mrs Grose in [[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]. <ref></ref>

In 2009 she starred as Régine Saint Laurent in the premiere of [[Prima Donna (opera)|Prima Donna]], written by [[Rufus Wainwright]]. Reviewing the performance in the Telegraph, [[Rupert Christiansen]] described Kelly as an 'amazing chameleon'. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

She appeared as [[Pat Nixon]] in John Adams' [[Nixon in China]] at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York in 2011. The New York Times described her performance as 'wonderful'. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

'''Film and Television'''

Kelly's recording of Verdi's ''La traviata'' was featured in the 2005 Woody Allen film [[Match Point]]. <ref></ref>

Recordings by Kelly including a performance of the aria ''Senza Mamma'' from Puccini's [[Suor Angelica]] appeared on the British ITV television series [[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]].


== References ==




[[Category:20th-century women opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century women opera singers]]
[[Category:Voice teachers]]
[[Category:Women music educators]]
[[Category:Scottish people]]
[[Category:People from Glasgow]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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