
"Set apart from the rest of the cast was the pleasing, seamless tenor of David Kellett in the role of Feste."
-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times
"David Kellett expresses all the nuances of complex feelings with accuracy and sincerity. He whispers declarations of love in heartfelt pianissimos and plunges deeply within to express the anguish..."
-- Derniéres Nouvelles d'Alsace (DNA) - Strasbourg
"Mr. Kellett is clearly used to projecting to the back of large halls, and sang with point and attention to drama."
-- Town Topics
"Kellett sang with a pure, accurate tone and with excellent diction. His overall handling of the role was outstanding."
-- The News Times
"Kellett didn't take the easy route of exaggerated effects... in the famous Erlkönig where many singers differentiate the three characters almost to the point of parody. Rather his interpretations were astute, subtle and smooth."
-- Town Topics
"Kellett's tenor was ardent and clear."
-- The Star Ledger
"Tenor David Kellett is always solid on an operatic stage..."
-- Princeton Packet
"Kellett's voice is a finely produced instrument, and he has retained that smoothness of line and production throughout the registers even as age has darkened the tone and added weight."
-- Classical New Jersey
"Mr. Kellett’s voice is full of richness, with every pitch laden with color."
-- Town Topics
"an elegant refined villain with menacing poise in every gesture and a bell-like tenor."
-- Princeton Packet
"Kellett sang the role of Count Almaviva with a tenor of unusual quality and he made a likeable hero. His two first act serenades were meltingly sung."
-- The Trenton Times
"Most impressive for his long sustained piano tones, Mr. Kellett nonetheless surprised and dazzled the audience with some very heroic upper range fortes."
-- Classical New Jersey
"David Kellett put the prescribed panache into his role as the black-mailing rival Pirelli."
-- U.S. 1
Critics assessing David Kellett's performances have consistently remarked on the clarity and purity of his tenor voice, praised the taste, refinement and subtlety of his interpretations and lauded his excellent diction in standard operatic, oratorio and recital repertoire. This talented and versatile artist has been the personal choice of contemporary composers David Amram and Peter Westergaard for premieres and revivals of their operatic and concert repertoire. He has performed over 45 principal and secondary roles in productions of opera and operetta during his career.
Since 1995, David has taught private voice at Princeton University. He made his directorial debut in January 2002 with the university's production of The Magic Flute and has taught classes in vocal literature. In the spring of 2012, he directed Britten's Albert Herring, his tenth production.
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