“I have followed with great interest the career of the very gifted American tenor, Kevin Hanek, from his early twenties when he was an excellent Mozart and Donizetti tenor, through his present development into a true Heldentenor in the Wagnerian and Verdian tradition. With a truly beautiful timbre, and his innate and creative musicality and keen dramatic sense, he is destined to become an important figure in the world of opera.”

—Norman Shetler, pianist, musical collaborator in concert and on recordings to such noted musicians as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, William Warfield, Peter Schreier, Nathan Milstein, Leonard Rose, and the Juilliard Quartet