Bass-Baritone Kevin Spooner has quickly gained traction in the United States as a versatile and commanding performer of opera, art song, and oratorio. Kevin’s 2025/2026 season includes his Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center debut as Leporello in Mozart’s Il Don Giovanni with Teatro Nuovo, and performing as Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with Park City Opera. Kevin is a 2025-26 Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado, where he performed in La traviata (Marquis d’Obigny) and Madama Butterfly (The Imperial Commissioner) on the Ellie Caulkins mainstage and in the touring productions of Romeo & Juliet (Lord Capulet/Tybalt) and The Pirates of Penzance (The Pirate King). This season, Kevin made his debut with the Charlottesville Symphony in Dvořák’s Mass in D Major (bass soloist) and performed at the Savannah VOICE Festival (guest recitalist).

Last season, Kevin 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 and the Oratorio Society of Virginia. Kevin received an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition in the New York City District. Kevin also performed the role of Dr. Falke in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute.