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ABOUT

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 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

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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

Music

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

Upcoming Performances

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 with Xuguang Zhang (center) and Alex Chen (piano) 2019 Chinese Art Song Conc

Chelsea Kutyn with Xuguang Zhang (center) and Alex Chen (piano) 2019 Chinese Art Song Conc

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