Hailing from Oneida, New York, Bass-baritone Kevin Spooner, has been seen on stages throughout the East Coast of the United States. Kevin will be an Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado for the 2025/26 season. He will make his Opera Colorado debut as Marchese D'Obigny in Verdi's La Traviata in November. This year, Kevin won an encouragemnt award in the New York City District of the Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition. Kevin also performed as the bass soloist for Bach’s Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 with the Salem Bach Festival, a featured soloist for Charlottesville Opera’s Annual Gala, the Jailor in Dello Joio’s Joan of Arc: The Trial at Rouen with Piedmont Opera, and the baritone soloist for Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with the Choral Society of Greensboro. Kevin will also perform as the bass soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Mozart Club of Winston-Salem.