The American heldentenor Kevin Hanek is embarking upon a career in the Wagnerian and dramatic tenor repertoire. “As Erik (in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at New York’s Bechstein Piano Centre), tenor Kevin Hanek sang eloquently, easily managing the role’s demanding declamation as well as its more tender passages.” (The New York Informer, November 15, 2008) Hanek appeared as soloist in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony this past May from the stage of the Santa Fe Opera House. He has sung Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera and Radamés in Aïda with Bulgaria’s Burgas Philharmonic Orchestra, created the role of Tom Carter in the first New York performances of composer George Quincy’s comic opera The Mummy, performed 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, and has appeared as soloist in Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Westchester Choral Society...  read more