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David Kellett made his operatic debut as Count Belfiore in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera with the Opera Shop at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City . He has appeared at the Lake George Opera Festival, the June Opera Festival, the Opera Festival of New Jersey and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Having performed over 40 principal and secondary roles in opera and operetta, he has portrayed several roles in some of the obscure Donizetti operas, including Daniele in Betly, Ernesto in Il Giovedi Grasso, and Eutropio in Belisario. David has also the distinction of having performed Count Almaviva in both the Rossini and Paisiello versions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His Mozart roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and Bastien in Bastien und Bastienne.

An active concert soloist, David has appeared at the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, with the Long Island Jewish Arts Festival, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the National Dance Institute under the baton of composer/conductor David Amram. As Mr. Amram's tenor of choice, David has sung in the composer's opera, Twelfth Night, and performed his songs in concert on numerous occasions. His most recent orchestral appearance with Maestro Amram was the inaugural concert for the new Oskar Shindler Performing Arts Center in West Orange , New Jersey. He has also appeared with the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, the Garden State Philharmonic, the Highlands Symphony Orchestra, the Long Island Jewish Arts

Festival Orchestra, the Fairfield Chamber Orchestra, the Bridgeport Chamber Orchestra and the Princeton University Orchestra.

As an oratorio soloist, he has appeared with the Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut, The Richmond Choral Society, Commonwealth Opera, the Princeton University Chapel Choir and numerous other organizations in the New York area.

Radio audiences have heard him on WQXR's Listening Room, and WNCN's WNCN's Live. Recordings of his operatic performances have been broadcast on WKCR and WBAI in New York City . He was most recently broadcast as Stephen in the recreation of Vittorio Giannini's radio opera, Blennerhassett.

In December of 1990, David appeared in Zoe Caldwell's production of A Christmas Carol at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. This production featured Christopher Plummer, Richard Kiley, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, Julie Harris, E.G. Marshall and Ms. Caldwell, and was the first dramatic presentation in the newly renovated structure. In 1991, he was invited back for a return engagement with Eli Wallach appearing as Scrooge.

In January of 2002, David made his directorial debut with the Princeton University production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.