Norman Kelley | |
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Born | August 27, 1911 Eddington, Maine, U.S. |
Died | September 4, 2006 Rockland, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 95)
Occupation | Operatic tenor |
Years active | 1940s–1970s |
Known for | Regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera, translator of Hänsel und Gretel into English |
Norman Kelley (August 27, 1911 – September 4, 2006) was an American operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1970s. He was notably a regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera between 1957 and 1961, and he sang in several world premieres with the New York City Opera. He also notably translated Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel into English, a version first performed in 1967 and used by opera companies to this present day.[1]