Apprentice Artist

Filipina-American soprano Kelsey Ann Watts is a Binghamton University graduate holding degrees in Opera, Vocal Performance, and Chemistry. In addition to her time as a 2024 Studio Artist at Chautauqua Opera, where she covered roles in Kamala Sankaram’s A.E. Reverie, Nicolás Lell Benavides’ Pepito, and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, she has performed with Tri-Cities Opera, Syracuse Opera, Delaware Valley Opera, and Binghamton University’s Opera Ensemble in roles including Zerlina (Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Clorinda (Rossini’s La Cenerentola), Pamina (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte), Gilda (Verdi’s Rigoletto), and Gretel (Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel). Her passion for contemporary works has led to her performances in Jorge Sosa’s I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams and Leif Haley’s Prunella, though her fondest experience was self-producing a performance of Jake Heggie’s Another Sunrise paired with a collection of songs written during, in response to, and by victims of the Holocaust.