Virginia native baritone Wil Kellerman has been described as "superb...a promising voice" (OperaWire) and
"winning" (Schmopera) in recent performances. Recently a Tyler Young Artist at Opera on the James, other 2024
engagements include Dolibano in Matilde at Opera Southwest, a return to Lincoln Center with Marshall Opera
Project, and as a prizewinner in both the SAS Vocal Competition and Georgia Symphony’s Beethoven 9
Competition. Last summer, Wil debuted as The Commander in Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale with Glow Lyric
Theatre, and returned to Winter Harbor Music Festival to bow as Count in Le nozze di Figaro. In early 2023,
Kellerman sang the role of Charley Johnson in Kurt Weill’s Lady in the Dark in a new production with Bronx
Opera, and appeared as soloist with orchestra in “Opera Through the Ages” with Opera Cecilia in Oregon. 2023
also saw performances of Marquis de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Bronx Opera, and
Petrucci/Astolfo in Lucrezia Borgia with New Amsterdam Opera. Recently, Wil made his role and company debut
as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Winter Harbor Music Festival in Maine. Wil was a 2021 Resident Artist at
Teatro Nuovo, where he performed the role of the Officer in Il barbiere di Siviglia, making his Lincoln Center
debut. Earlier that year, Kellerman essayed the works of exiled composer Egon Lustgarten at the Austrian
Cultural Forum in New York. Other recent appearances include Masetto in Don Giovanni with the MidAtlantic
Symphony, Count Vaudemont in I vespri siciliani with New Amsterdam Opera, an artist series recital at the
University of Scranton, Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Hunding in Die
Walküre, a gala performance to benefit Roanoke Symphony, and in 2019 the Secret Police Agent in The Consul,
as well as the title role in The Mikado with Bronx Opera. Past engagements include Alcade and Chirurgo in La
forza del destino with New Amsterdam Opera. Wil earned a Master of Music degree from Mannes School of
Music, where he performed the roles of Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress. In
2018 he was an Apprentice Artist at Teatro Nuovo, the new home of Bel Canto at Caramoor. Past festivals
include Songfest, The Chautauqua Institute, and IVAI Virginia. Wil resides in New York City, where he is also a
sought-after chess tutor and violinist.