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Klesie Kelly, or Klesie Kelly-Moog, is an American soprano and voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln and for international master classes.

Klesie Kelly
Born	Kentucky, US
Other names	Klesie Kelly-Moog
Occupation	Soprano Academic voice teacher
Organization	Musikhochschule Köln

Career

Born in Kentucky, Kelly studied voice in Germany with Bettina Björgsten, Helmut Kretschmar and Günther Weißenborn.[1][2] More active in concert than on the opera stage, she has collaborated with conductors such as Moshe Atzmon, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Erich Leinsdorf, Bruno Maderna and Hiroshi Wakasugi.[1]

In 1971, Kelly appeared at the Mozartsaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, singing Lieder by Purcell, Schubert and Strauss, among others, accompanied by Norman Shetler.[3] She recorded songs by composers including Mozart, Schumann, Wolf and Zemlinsky with pianist Werner Genuit.[4] In 1977, she recorded evening songs and love songs (Abendlieder, Liebeslieder und Romanzen) with tenor Ian Partridge, accompanied by instrumental soloists including Hermann Baumann (horn), Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Karl-Otto Hartmann (bassoon) and again Genuit.[5] The selection of rarely performed chamber music includes "Schlummerlied" (slumber song) by Benedict Randhartinger [de] for soprano, tenor, horn and piano, Franz Lachner's "Seit ich ihn gesehen" (after Chamisso) for soprano, clarinet and piano, and his "Laute Liebe" (noisy love) for soprano, bassoon and piano.[6]

In Wiesbaden, she sang with the choir Rheingauer Kantorei, both in 1979 Mendelssohn's oratorio Elias with the Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt alongside Erich Wenk in the title part,[7] and in 1980 Honegger's König David, with Claudia Eder and Gerd Nienstedt as the narrator.[8]

Kelly has been a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1986. She has taught master classes in Europe and Korea.[2] Her students have included Juan Carlos Echeverry, Julia Kleiter, Ulrike Maria Maier [de] and Christiane Oelze.[9] Several of her students were awarded at international competitions and are members of leading opera companies.[1]

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