About Kevin
Hailing from Oneida, New York, Bass-baritone Kevin Spooner, has been seen on stages throughout the East Coast of the United States. This year, 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. Kevin will also perform as the bass soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Mozart Club of Winston-Salem.​​
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During the 2024/2025 season, Kevin will be performing the role of Dr. Falke in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, and will be the baritone soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with The Oratorio Society of Virginia. He will also perform 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 will join 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 will then join Teatro Nuovo, where he will make his Lincoln 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.
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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.
Kevin is pursuing 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.