Jenny Kelly
 JENNY KELLY PRODUCTIONS (formerly International Classic Artists Mgmt. Inc.) was created in 1995 by Jenny L. Kelly, a Baltimore native and former opera singer who received training and degrees in vocal performance and opera from the Peabody Preparatory of Baltimore, the Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, and Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. She was a top prizewinner in many national and international opera competitions including the Belvedere International Opera Competition in Vienna, Austria, the Palm Beach Opera Competition, the Baltimore National Opera Competition, and the Luciano Pavarotti International Opera Competition. Ms. Kelly was also the winner of numerous scholarship awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Miss America Scholarship Pageant Foundation. After completing over 300 performances of major roles in operas throughout Europe and the US, Ms. Kelly married Bulgarian opera impresario Giorgio Lalov in August 1993. After the birth of their son in 1995, she created International Classic Artists Mgmt. Inc. (now JENNY KELLY PRODUCTIONS) and has since that time booked the following tours:
- 8 consecutive seasons of major American tours for Teatro Lirico D'Europa, the popular European opera touring company that has completed over 3,000 performances worldwide including over 400 performances inside the US
- 5 consecutive seasons of US tours for Mozart Festival Opera, the sister company of Teatro Lirico D’Europa, that made its US debut in fall 2003
- 2 seasons of US tours for Czech Opera Prague (fall 2005/winter 2006 and fall 2007/winter 2008)
- 2 US tours for The Moiseev Russian Classical Ballet & Orchestra and Orchestra (spring 2005 and spring 2007)
- the US debut tour of National Russian Ballet Renaissance and Orchestra (spring 2008)
- the US debut tour of Bulgaria’s Ballet Arabesk performing CARMINA BURANA/BOLERO with full live orchestra and chorus (season 2005-2006) and will bring the company back in season 2008-2009.
- Jenny Kelly has never had to cancel any tour or any performance on any tour that she has booked.
List of touring ensembles represented by
JENNY KELLY PRODUCTIONS
- TEATRO LIRICO D’EUROPA
- MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA
- CZECH OPERA PRAGUE
- MOISEEV RUSSIAN CLASSICAL BALLET AND ORCHESTRA
(Moiseev Russian Classical Ballet & Orchestra and Orchestra)
- NATIONAL RUSSIAN BALLET RENAISSANCE AND ORCHESTRA
- BALLET ARABESK
JENNY KELLY PRODUCTIONS is CURRENTKLY STILL BOOKING the fall 2007 winter 2008 US tours of opera For Teatro Lirico D’Europa and Czech Opera Prague and the spring 2008 ballet tour for National Russian Ballet Renaissance and Orchestra.
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Giorgio Lalov was born in Telesh, Bulgaria in June 1958. His father, a family doctor and his mother, an elementary school teacher, were educated patrons of the arts. Lalov's father died suddenly when he was 9 years old, but he was fortunate to be chosen for enrollment at an elite boarding school in Sofia where all lessons were taught in French. Lalov was fluent in French when he graduated high school in 1976. The next fall he entered the National Conservatory of Music in Sofia. While on tour in Italy with a choir from the University, he auditioned for, and was accepted into the prestigious training program for young opera singers at La Scala, Milan. Within a short time he was fluent in Italian. At the age of 25 he made his debut at La Scala, but was suddenly called back to Bulgaria to see his mother one last time before she died. When Lalov returned to Italy he was engaged to tour with a small opera company throughout Europe. It was on this tour that he met his future business partner, Yves Josse. 
