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 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. In November, 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.
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In 2025, Kevin will be performing the role of Governor/Innkeeper in Dale Wasserman’s Man of La Mancha with Piedmont Opera. 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 New York City Center debut as Medico in Verdi’s Macbeth, while covering the role of Banco.
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​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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During the 2022/2023 season, Kevin performed the role of Machese D'Obigny in Verdi's La Traviata with Piedmont Opera and performed the role of Rodomonte in Haydn's Orlando Paladino with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. Kevin also performed the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in Kirke Mechem's The Rivals with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute.
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His other roles include Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème with Opera Steamboat, 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, 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.
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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.
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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.