Wil Kellerman
Baritone

​Virginia native baritone Wil Kellerman has been described as "superb...a promising voice" (OperaWire) and "winning" (Schmopera) in recent performances. The 2024-25 season featured a multi-performance residency with the Sweet Virginia Foundation, and a role debut as Slook in La cambiale di matrimonio with Garden State Opera. Other 2024 engagements include Dolibano in Matilde at Opera Southwest, a return to Lincoln Center with Marshall Opera Project, and as a prizewinner in both the SAS Vocal Competition and Georgia Symphony’s Beethoven 9 Competition. Previously, Wil debuted as The Commander in Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale with Glow Lyric Theatre, and returned to Winter Harbor Music Festival to bow as Count in Le nozze di Figaro. In early 2023, Kellerman sang the role of Charley Johnson in Kurt Weill’s Lady in the Dark in a new production with Bronx Opera, and appeared as soloist with orchestra in “Opera Through the Ages” with Opera Cecilia in Oregon. 2023 also saw performances of Marquis de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Bronx Opera, and Petrucci/Astolfo in Lucrezia Borgia with New Amsterdam Opera. Recently, Wil made his role and company debut as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Winter Harbor Music Festival in Maine.

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Wil was a 2021 Resident Artist at Teatro Nuovo, where he performed the role of the Officer in Il barbiere di Siviglia, making his Lincoln Center debut. Earlier that year, Kellerman essayed the works of exiled composer Egon Lustgarten at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. Other recent appearances include Masetto in Don Giovanni with the MidAtlantic Symphony, Count Vaudemont in I vespri siciliani with New Amsterdam Opera, an artist series recital at the University of Scranton, Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Hunding in Die Walküre, a gala performance to benefit Roanoke Symphony, and in 2019 the Secret Police Agent in The Consul, as well as the title role in The Mikado with Bronx Opera.

Past engagements include Alcade and Chirurgo in La forza del destino with New Amsterdam Opera. Wil earned a Master of Music degree from Mannes School of Music, where he performed the roles of Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress. In 2018 he was an Apprentice Artist at Teatro Nuovo, the new home of Bel Canto at Caramoor.