Kinneret Ely

Singing telegrams: Ms. Ely will perform a cappella, dressed in evening wear. Also happy to do singing telegrams as Barbie (see looks in photos and videos). - $100
Willing to travel within an hour of Manhattan by public transportation—more than that is possible, with compensation for the transportation and time.

Concerts: Kinneret will perform in recital or in concert anywhere in the world. Must provide travel expenses and lodging during rehearsals and/or the night of the performance. Kinneret has a large repertoire of opera, musical theatre, Israeli folk songs, and art songs from which to program a concert. Kinneret will perform at the highest standards of professionalism, ability, and talent. Fees to be discussed upon inquiry.

“…it was a pleasure to hear [an opera singer] with a unique tone. ... a rich mezzo-soprano quality in her lower register. …exciting coloratura… We are sure to be hearing more from this promising young artist."
-Meche Kroop, Voce di Meche

Opera singer Kinneret Ely is based in New York City and Tel Aviv. In July 2024, she returned to the Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival to sing the title role in Giulio Cesare. In April 2024, she also sang the role of Oberto in Alcina in Bucharest, in a co-production with the Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival, Bucharest National Opera, and Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat, after having sung Oberto in that same production in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in July 2023. She also sang Violetta with them in La Traviata in 2018. She was a young artist with Teatro Grattacielo’s Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy in 2021, with which she sang Ilia in Idomeneo alla Breve at the Rhodes International Festival in September 2021. Her performed roles also include Gilda in Rigoletto, Madame Cortese in Il Viaggio a Reims, and Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

She covered the roles of Anna in Catalani’s LORELEY and the Fata Azzurra in Respighi’s LA BELLA DORMENTE NEL BOSCO in Teatro Grattacielo’s 25th Anniversary Concert in September 2019. She rejoined Teatro Grattacielo for their film production of Giordano’s FEDORA as Un Piccolo Savoiardo, and covering the role of Dimitri. She was a semifinalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation + NYIOP International Vocal Competition in 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, and also a semifinalist in the Rochester International Vocal Competition in 2020. Her YouTube channel has more than 57,000 views.

The versatile opera singer sings opera, musical theatre, art songs, Israeli folk songs, pop, and is open to other genres. She sings in thirteen languages, and is happy to learn to sing in more. She also teaches voices and language diction coaching. As someone deeply committed to the future of the arts, and an avid arts consumer, she has also worked for fundraising and subscriptions campaigns for the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and New York Philharmonic. She continues to be involved with young donor programs of arts organizations. She also keeps an active lifestyle, training regularly in disciplines like yoga, pilates, and dance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Honors from Hunter College, from which she graduated cum laude, designing her own degree there in languages, history, and literature through their Thomas Hunter Honors Program. She studied Italian at the Società Dante Alighieri in Siena, French at the Alliance Française in Paris, German at the Goethe Institut in Berlin, and Russian at the Derzhavin Institute in St. Petersburg.