Bio
This season includes Carl Olsen in Street Scene (Virginia Opera), Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro (First Coast Opera) and Montezuma in Vivaldi’s Montezuma (American Baroque Opera Company). Next season includes Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro (Hawaii Opera Theater). Kuster has performed Escamillo in Carmen (Virginia Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Grand Rapids, Florida Grand Opera, Knoxville Opera); Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen (San Diego Opera); Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni (Memphis Opera,Wolf Trap Opera); Dr. Grenvil in La traviata (Dallas Opera); Old Hebrew in Samson et Dalila (Dallas Opera); Angelotti in Tosca (Dallas Opera, Madison Opera, Pacific Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic); Alidoro in La Cenerentola (Nashville Opera, Opera Saratoga); Colline in La bohème (Arizona Opera, Charleston Opera); Masetto in Don Giovanni (San Franciso Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Mandarin in Turandot (Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera); St. Matthew’s Passion (Boulder Philharmonic); and Händel’s Messiah (Milwaukee Symphony).