Kelly Kuo

She’s coming soon! It’s the start of tech for Daughter of the Regiment at

Enjoying my first week of rehearsals with

One of the advantages of working in a big city for an extended period is the opportunity to support performances by other storied ensembles such as the So happy to have experienced Andris Nelsons leading a beautiful Sibelius 1 this afternoon while also supporting two Tanglewood Fellows in their BSO debut with so much respect.

Happy to be back in Indiana working with the again in the beautiful Palladium. Concert on Saturday has the theme of Nordic Nights and features Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 and Karelia Suite, as well as my friend doing double duty as concertmaster and soloist in Thomas Adès’ gorgeous Air: Homage to Sibelius.

We are done with our whirlwind rehearsals and now have a day off to collect ourselves and work on other projects before our TOSCA performance on Saturday. No rest for the wicked!

It’s been an action-packed few days leading up to the performance of Puccini’s TOSCA this Saturday. Today we move into our beautiful performance venue at the with the Parnassus Virtuosi Orchestra!

And that’s a wrap on my month working and playing in Arizona. I had the best time with my wonderful colleagues on stage, in the pit, and behind the scenes of this memorable production. Sad to leave, but looking forward to being home for a few days!

Excited to make my Opera Omaha debut next season with The Pigeon Keeper.

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Good morning from Sedona!

After an exciting final dress rehearsal of Madama Butterfly for 1000 excited kids (most seeing an opera for the first time), and I made it just in time to see the golden hour at Hopi Point. We are so lucky to experience such beauty today!

One of the special things about this meaningful production of Madama Butterfly at is the ceremonial metal bowl that is a family heirloom donated to this production by our Japanese culture consultant, Asuka Morinaga. It is even actually pitched A as Puccini wrote in his score!

Hiked up Camelback via the Cholla trail this glorious holiday morning.

It’s rare that conductor’s cross paths in all but the major metropolitan cities, so it was fun spending a little time with (who wonderfully led the Phoenix Symphony in concert) and (en route from CA to lead El Paso’s Bohème) during my first week of rehearsals with Arizona Opera.