Other roles at the Met have included Monterone in Verdi's Rigoletto (role debut on 13 January 2011), Marcello in Puccini's La bohème (23 September 2014), Germont in Verdi's La traviata (11 December 2014), Peter in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel (18 December 2017), the Count di Luna in Verdi's Il trovatore (23 January 2018), Enrico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (25 April 2018), and Amonasro in Verdi's Aida (26 September 2018). Kelsey made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as Schaunard in Puccini's La bohème on 29 March 2008. He was also on the roster of the Marilyn Horne Foundation for two years, won a scholarship from the Solti Foundation of Chicago in 2003, was a finalist of the Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition in 2004, and represented the United States in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2005. He has studied in the following programs: Chautauqua Institute with Marlena Malas, San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program under Sherry Greenwald and Mark Morash, and three years at Chicago's Lyric Opera Center for American Artists (now known as the Ryan Opera Center), during which he sang Wagner in Gounod's Faust and Yamadori and the Registrar in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. He received his bachelor’s degree in music with a major in vocal performance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa under John W. Kelsey was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and began performing opera in 1991 as a chorus member of the Hawaii Opera Theatre.
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