Kyle Ketelsen

Kyle Ketelsen

Bass-baritone

Because of his lively stage presence and his distinctive sound, American bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen is regularly in demand by the world's leading opera houses and orchestras. His recent highlights include Escamillo, Leporello, and Mr. Flint in Billy Budd (The Met), Méphistophélès in Faust and Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande (Opernhaus Zürich), the title role in Le nozze di Figaro (Staatsoper Berlin and Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona), Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Bayerische Staatsoper) and Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena (Minnesota Opera).

With Dutch National Opera, he has previously sung the roles of Escamillo in Carmen and Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress.