“...Kyle White was clearly the production’s vocal star. His well-shaped phrases as well as his commanding, polished baritone confidently soared over Kozma’s orchestra even at full volume.”
“With only three rehearsals under [his] belt ... White’s clean baritone shone through for Papageno.”
About
Praised for his “commanding, polished” singing, American Baritone Kyle White has found success performing roles from the standard repertoire as well as modern repertoire. Upcoming performances include Schaunard in La bohème with Opera Montana, as well as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Marty in the Piano Vocal Workshop of The House of Yes, and William Dale in Puts’ Silent Night with Wolf Trap Opera. Mr. White was a winner of the Kansas City district of the 2024 Laffont Competition.
The 2022/2023 season saw Mr. White as Nardo in La finta giardiniera with The Hungarian State Opera, Nardo in La finta giardiniera and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviliga with Opera NEO, Schaunard in La bohème with Kentucky Opera, and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Annapolis Opera. A Virginia Opera Young Artist in 2022/2023 saw Kyle performing the role of Samuel and covering The Modern Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, performing the role of Tommy McIntyre and covering Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers, and in a performance of La Traviata as Giorgio Germont. A winner of the Iowa district of the 2023 Laffont Competition, the summer of 2023 saw Mr. White as a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap opera making his role debut as Valentin in Faust. Mr. White previously joined Palm Beach Opera as an Apprentice Artist for their 2021 Festival and their 2021/2022 season. During his time there, he covered Le Dancaïre in Carmen, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Schaunard in La bohème, the Second Armored Man and Second Priest in Die Zauberflöte, and both Lorenzo and Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Mr. White was a winner of the Florida district of the 2022 Laffont Competition, and an encouragement award winner of the North Carolina district in 2021. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 saw Mr. White set to perform as Valentin in Faust with Opera NEO, as well as Schaunard in La bohème and Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Kentucky Opera.
Other notable credits include Older Thompson in Glory Denied, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, John Sorel in The Consul, the Baritone in Hydrogen Jukebox, and Le Geôlier in Dialogues des Carmélites with Boston Conservatory Opera, as well as the Second Apprentice (cover) in Wozzeck, the Sailor in Candide, and Top (cover) in The Tender Land with Des Moines Metro Opera. Mr. White has also performed as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Harold Hill in The Music Man, and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Seagle Music Colony, and in productions with Michigan State University Opera Theatre including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore.
On the concert stage, Mr. White has performed as the Bass Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Orlando Sings, the Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah and the Baritone soloist in Duruflé’s Reqiuem with the Michigan State University College of Music, as well as the Baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem with the Neponset Choral Society.
Mr. White holds a B.M. in Voice Performance from Michigan State University, and a M.M. in Opera Performance from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
“Among the second act’s many character-defining arias White commanded the stage in his extended songs of Thompson’s madness and decline … He depicted blue-collar or Green Beret Weltschmerz with tireless sonority.”
“White’s powerful but miraculously supple baritone soared through Rossini’s vocal gymnastics with astonishing confidence ... From his galvanizing opening aria “Largo al factotum” White set a high bar for the production’s vocal standard.”
“The reporter Tommy McIntyre ... was portrayed with conspiratorial collegiality and vocal suavity by baritone Kyle White.”