Kenneth Overton
Scheherazade & Other Tales
BARITONE SOLOIST on Sept. 24, 2022
Soloist Bio
Kenneth Overton is lauded for blending his opulent baritone with magnetic, varied portrayals that seemingly “emanate from deep within body and soul.” Kenneth Overton’s symphonious baritone voice has sent him around the globe, making him one of the most sought-after opera singers of his generation.
Kenneth is a GRAMMY™ AWARD WINNER for Best Choral Performance in the title role of Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by JoAnn Falletta, awarded at the 63rd Grammy Awards, Year 2020.
Upcoming engagements for Kenneth include his Metropolitan Opera debut in the Fall of 2021 as Lawyer Frazier in Porgy and Bess, a reprisal of the role of Ralph Abernathy in I Dream with Opera Carolina and Charlottesville Opera, and Germont in La Traviata for his stage debut with Fort Worth Opera. He will also appear with the National Philharmonic as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem as well as the World Premier of Adolphus Hailstork’s A Knee on the Neck, a solo recital at The Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University, Fort Worth Opera’s Gala Concert, and will debut Damien Geter’s An African American Requiem with the Oregon Symphony/Resonance Ensemble.
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