Originally from Los Angeles, dramatic soprano Kelly Morel has now made her home in Kansas City, Missouri, where she completed her D.M.A. at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and was the Mezzo-Soprano Resident Artist with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

 

Her mezzo roles with Lyric Opera of KC include:

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Kate Pinkerton (Puccini - Madama Butterfly)

Alisa (Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor)

Mother (Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors), and

Mrs. Massey (Paul Moravec - The Shining)

which was nominated in 2025 for a Grammy Award for Best New Opera Recording.

 

In 2023, she debuted the role of Leonore (Beethoven's Fidelio - Opera Company of Middlebury) which launched her transition to dramatic soprano.

 

Since then, she has had a marvelous time singing dramatic repertoire with Kansas City's Dramatic Voices Midwest: 

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Isolde (Wagner - Tristan und Isolde)

Brünnhilde (Wagner - Die Walküre)

Gretel (Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel)​

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Professional recordings of these productions can be found on here.