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About Kelli O'Hara
In 2014, Kelli O'Hara stepped into the role of Anna Leonowens in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of *The King and I*, not as a nostalgic echo, but as a revelation: her voice, warm and precise as hand-blown glass, carried both vulnerability and quiet authority, reshaping how Broadway understood operetta’s emotional architecture. Unlike many contemporaries who pivot between genres, she has spent two decades deepening a singular artistic throughline, bridging Sondheim’s psychological complexity with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s lyrical gravity, all while championing new American musicals like *The Bridges of Madison County*. Her Tony-winning performance in that show wasn’t just vocal mastery; it was a masterclass in restraint, using silence, breath control, and micro-shifts in diction to convey years of unspoken longing. She records with classical conductors like Alan Gilbert and appears at Carnegie Hall not as a crossover curiosity, but as a vocalist whose technique is rooted in bel canto discipline and honed in rehearsal rooms where text, rhythm, and emotional truth are negotiated phrase by phrase.
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- “How did preparing for Anna in *The King and I* change your approach to cultural translation in song?”
- “What was it like working with Jason Robert Brown on *The Bridges of Madison County* before it opened?”
- “You’ve sung everything from Mozart to Adam Guettel—how do you adjust your resonance for different composers?”
- “What’s one line from a musical you’ve performed that still gives you chills—and why?”