Bio
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 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).
Recent performances include Die Fledermaus (Dr. Falke) and Ballymore (The Ballad Singer, Andy Tracey) with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute; Joan of Arc: The Trial at Rouen (The Jailor) with Piedmont Opera; Macbeth (Medico; Banco cover) with Teatro Nuovo at New York City Center; The Music Man (Mayor Shinn) and The Elixir of Love (Dr. Dulcamara cover) with Charlottesville Opera; La bohème (Schaunard) and The Marriage of Figaro (Figaro cover, Antonio) with Opera Steamboat; and concert appearances as bass soloist in Messiah, Five Mystical Songs, and several Bach cantatas with the Choral Society of Greensboro and the Salem Bach Festival. Kevin received a 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Encouragement Award in the New York City District. Kevin completed his Professional Artist Certificate at the UNCSA A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, where he also received his Master of Music degree, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music.