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The young American heldentenor Kevin Hanek is embarking upon
a career in the Wagnerian and dramatic tenor repertoire. He most
recently appeared as soloist in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony from the stage of the Santa Fe Opera, and sang Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera and Radamés in Aïda with Bulgaria’s Burgas Philharmonic Orchestra. He created the role of Tom Carter in the first New York performances of composer George Quincy’s comic opera The Mummy. The previous spring he sang the role of the Majordomo in the New York premiere of Hans Werner Henze’s The End of a World (Das Ende einer Welt) with Encompass New Opera Theatre. He has appeared as soloist in performances of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Westchester Choral Society under the baton of Lyndon Woodside, in a Salzburg debut in concert with pianist Jörg Demus, and in recital with pianist Norman Shetler.
A native of Miami, Florida, Mr. Hanek received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Miami, and completed a master’s degree at the University of South Florida, where he was awarded the Graduate Assistantship in the opera program. He pursued post-graduate studies at Vienna’s Hochschule für Musik and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as additional professional training with pianists Dalton Baldwin and Erik Werba, baritone Gérard Souzay, and soprano Eleanor Steber. He is the winner of an Emerging Artist grant from the Hillsborough County Arts Council, and performed with the Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist.