ABOUT
Following advice of mentor Ben Butterfield, who said, “Don’t bore me!”, emerging Canadian soprano, Chelsea Kutyn, lived up to that when recently featured as soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in their annual Community Concert.
Praised for her charming ‘Susanna’ from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, with Manitoba Underground Opera, and riveting ‘Magda Sorel’ in Menotti's The Consul with Opera NUOVA…
“Kutyn was magnificent…capturing the full range of Magda’s anger, exasperation and ultimate despair chillingly…her depth of characterization and technical command owned the room” (Opera Canada)
A recent master’s graduate from U of M, in the studio of Monica Huisman, Chelsea is also the 2022 recipient of the John Mears Achievement in Music Award from ProArt Alliance, winner of the prestigious Winnipeg Music Festival Rose Bowl, the George H. Price Memorial Scholarship, and WSO Community Concert Award.
Photo by Kyla Fradette, 2022
oPERA cANADA rEVIEW
OPERA NUOVA AND MUSIC THEATRE FESTIVAL’S THE CONSUL
“PRESENTED WITH A PROFESSIONAL FLAIR”
July 12, 2022
"Chelsea Kutyn, was magnificent. She epitomized the notion of passionate commitment to a role to horrifying effect, along the way singing her couple of arias with riveting engagement, capturing the full range of Magda’s anger, exasperation and ultimate despair chillingly. She has the power to fill a 2,000 soft-seat auditorium, and in this venue, her depth of characterization and technical command owned the room."
- Bill Rankin
MUSIC
Highlights from The Winnipeg Music Festival 2022
Pacific Opera Victoria
Apprentice Civic Engagement Quartet Project
"Watch as Chelsea Kutyn takes you into the depths of her COVID-19 recovery journey, baring the fears and the struggles that began during her 29 days in isolation and have continued to impact her life over the past year." - Pacific Opera Victoria
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
May 4, 2023
Winnipeg, MB
May 15, 2023
Victoria, BC
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Through Her Eyes
Master of Music Graduating Recital
Join me live in-person or online for an evening of Handel, Wolf, Sokolovic, Livingston, Chaminade, and Donizetti with pianist Megan Dufrat, and Joel Ulrich on flute.
Eva Clare Hall, 65 Dafoe Rd
5:30pm GMT
Online 3:30pm PST/ 6:30pm EST
Friends of Timothy: Celebration Concert and Exhibit
Pacific Opera Victoria
MacPherson Playhouse
7:30pm PST
RECENT PERFORMANCES
February 22-28, 2023
Victoria, BC
Thrush II in Braunfel's The Birds
Pacific Opera Victoria
October 1, 2022
Winnipeg, MB
Featured Soloist- Community Celebration Concert
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
August 23-27, 2022
Winnipeg, MB
"Susannah" in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Manitoba Underground Opera
July 12-31, 2022
Victoria, BC
Pop Up Opera
Pacific Opera Victoria
July 2-5, 2022
Edmonton, AB
"Magda Sorel" in Menotti's The Consul
Opera NUOVA
REVIEWS
OPERA CANADA
NUOVA OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE FESTIVAL’S THE CONSUL
“PRESENTED WITH A PROFESSIONAL FLAIR”
July 12, 2022
"Chelsea Kutyn, was magnificent. She epitomized the notion of passionate commitment to a role to horrifying effect, along the way singing her couple of arias with riveting engagement, capturing the full range of Magda’s anger, exasperation and ultimate despair chillingly. She has the power to fill a 2,000 soft-seat auditorium, and in this venue, her depth of characterization and technical command owned the room."
- Bill Rankin
EDMONTON SCENE
MENOTTI'S THE CONSUL REVIEW
"OPERA NUOVA'S THE CONSUL IS A FASCINATING EVENING, ALBEIT A HARROWING AND A TIMELY ONE"
July 1, 2022
"The main role of Magda is is a considerable one, for a big dramatic soprano voice. Chelsea Kutyn has just such a voice, powerful and emotive, and at the same time she was prepared to go beyond that in some of the parlando passages. Magda is the emotive key to the whole opera (and the most developed character), and Kutyn ensured that the audience were left emotionally drained in the final apotheosis."
- Mark Morris
SCHMOPERA
MOZART'S THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO REVIEW
"A QUEER-FRIENDLY FIGARO OUT OF MANITOBA UNDERGROUND OPERA"
September 9, 2022
"As Susanna, Chelsea Kutyn’s voice sparkled with warmth and sincerity. Kutyn was quick, clever, and heartfelt—a magnetic artist to watch. "
- Andrea Lett
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 Chelsea Kutyn-3 |  Chelsea Kutyn with Xuguang Zhang (center) and Alex Chen (piano) 2019 Chinese Art Song Conc |
