. . . she was replaced by the excellent and note-perfect Abigail Kelly, who normally sings Barbarina.

Click here to read the full review

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro is English Touring Opera's elegant season opener

Katherine Aitken's nippy Cherubino, Abigail Kelly's Barbarina, and her gardener father, Devon Harrison's Antonio, outraged by the cavortings in the big house, and the hangers-on all turn in performances of equally balanced character and musicianship.

Soprano Abigail Kelly received a standing ovation for her beautifully delivered spiritual songs . . .

For further info read the article on 'The Voice'

Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed re-imaginings of operas including Tosca and Don Giovanni, OperaUpClose return to Soho Theatre with this bold new take on a classic. With magic supplied by Glyn Maxwell's mischievous poetry, Alex Beetschen's witty orchestration and Valentina Ceschi's theatrical creativity, this production will re-invent The Magic Flute in fabulous new robes for the era of Trump and recessions, casting rays of light and love into the darkness.

Invited behind the velvet rope at London's most exclusive club, Tamino doesn't have time to stop for beggars, paparazzi, or even his girlfriend Pamina.

Above Abigail is in rehersal. Photo credit: Marco Borggreve

For further information and tickets see the OperaUpClose website: www.operaupclose.com/themagicflute

Bessie's Wings is a new opera devised with nearly 100 children from primary schools in Lambeth, including Vauxhall, Ashmole and St Mark's schools. Working with a team from ETO the opera will be performed at Morley College on the 22nd and 23rd June 2017. Bessie is played by soprano Abigail Kelly. A jazz ensemble will create the musical world of the show.

Bessie Coleman is a figure of huge significance in African American history. Born into poverty in Texas at the end of the 19th century she became the first black woman to gain a pilot's license, having travelled to France for flying lessons when she was denied opportunities in the US because of her gender and colour. She went on to become a celebrity, thrilling crowds with her aerobatic displays. These stunts eventually led to her untimely death.

For further information Click here

The presentation was as stark as it was effective, with two singers occupying centre-stage and a cellist at the rear of stage-left. Abigail Kelly took the role of the main protagonist, . . . ."

To read the full reveiw click here

Praise poured down like Portland rain on three women associated with a still unfinished opera staged at the School of Music, Edna Manley College (EMC), on Friday night.

The praise came at least partly, because of the patriotism of the audience, though, ironically, none of the three women - Nanny of the Maroons, the opera's main character; the composer, Dr Shirley J. Thompson, and soprano Abigail Kelly, the work's soloist - is a "born Jamaican". Click here to read more.

Shirley Thompson Music in association with Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and University of Westminister present UK Soprano Abigail Kelly, in the opera 'Sacred Mountain' - Incidents in the life of Queen Nanny and the Maroons taking place at Vera Moody Concert Hall, Jamaica.

The Caribbean Associations Group (Reading) present a Black History Month Recital featuring Abigail Kelly performing arias from operas, songs from musicals, traditional African-American spirituals and Caribbean folk songs on Saturday 10th October 2015.