Updated at 2:35 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 2007
Opera singer Quinn Kelsey named
Wayne Harada
Advertiser Staff Writer
Dubbed a "bad-ass baritone," Time Out noted Kelsey as "burly and imposing ... But it's not just his size that has garnered attention: the Hawaiian native began turning heads with his wail-shaking voice while studying at the Ryan Opera Center, the Lyric's training program," since 2003.
This, after the San Francisco Chronicle called him "Hawaiian powerhouse."
Kelsey has landed representation with Columbia Artists Management, a powerful player in classical music, with the intention of gigging with the biggies: "La Scala, the Met, the Berlin Staatskapelle," said Kelsey.
