Kelly Guerra

Peruvian-American mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra starred as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg with the Chautauqua Opera in 2021. She recently sang the role of Lupita in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna with Opera Santa Barbara and Iphigenia Unbound in Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding. In spring 2022, Kelly makes her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under the baton of John Adams in a performance of De Staat by Andriessen, and will premiere Katherine Balch's Illuminate with the California Symphony. She has been featured at the Lucerne Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Bard Music Festival.