About Kevin
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.
In 2025, Kevin performed the role of Governor/Innkeeper in Dale Wasserman’s Man of La Mancha with Piedmont Opera. He also performed the roles of The Ballad Singer and Andy Tracey in Richard Wargo’s Ballymore with the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute. During the summer of 2025, Kevin joined Catapult Opera, in New York City, as the cover of King Herod in the U.S. staged premiere of Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista. Kevin then joined Teatro Nuovo, where he made his New York City Center debut as Medico in Verdi’s Macbeth, while covering the role of Banco.
During the 2023/2024 season, Kevin was an Ader Emerging Artist at Charlottesville Opera where he covered the role of Dr. Dulcamara in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, and played the role of Mayor Shinn in Wilson's The Music Man. Kevin also performed the role of Don Pietro in Pergolesi’s Lo frate ‘nnamorato and Enrico in Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. He was the bass soloist for Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Cantata BWV 140 with the Choral Society of Greensboro, and Bach’s Cantata BWV 106 with the Salem Bach Festival.
His other roles include Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème with Opera Steamboat, Marchese d’Obigny in Verdi’s La Traviata with Piedmont Opera, Paul’s Father in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case with the Ad Astra Music Festival, Johannes “Pa” Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up with Notre Dame Opera and Eastman Opera Theater, Sir Anthony Absolute in Kirke Mechem’s The Rivals with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Rodomonte in Haydn’s Orlando Paladino with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Frank in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus with Rochester Summer Opera, Figaro (cover) and Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with the Opera Steamboat Artist Institute, and Sprecher and Armored Guard in Die Zauberflöte with the Opera Steamboat Artist Institute. Additional Eastman Opera Theater roles include Poeta in Salieri's Prima la musica e poi le parole, Buff in Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor, Marco in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and the Wolf in Sondheim's Into the Woods.
Kevin completed his Professional Artist Certificate at the UNCSA - A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, where he also received his Master of Music degree. Kevin also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music.