Kyle Ketelsen (born c. 1971) is an American bass-baritone opera singer.

Early life and training

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Kyle Ketelsen was born in Clinton, Iowa, and graduated from Clinton High School in 1989, after which, for a brief time, he took general education courses at Mount St. Clare College in Clinton. With the intention of becoming a helicopter pilot, he joined the Army National Guard, in which he served from 1990 to 1996. In 1991 he transferred to the University of Iowa. Having been musical since a young age, he sang for the vocal faculty, and they encouraged him to become a music major.[1] He studied singing with Albert Gammon at the university, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in 1995, and then, on Gammon's recommendation, with Giorgio Tozzi at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he graduated in 1999 with a Master of Music. Since 2008, he has studied with Scott McCoy.[2]

Career

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Ketelsen has performed leading roles at the New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Bavarian State Opera,[3] the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.

His repertoire includes Don Giovanni and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Escamillo (Carmen), Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande), and Angelotti (Tosca).

Personal life

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Ketelsen lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, with his wife Rebecca, daughter Melanie, and son Benjamin.[1]

Video recordings

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References

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  1. ^ a b Winona Whitaker, "Helicopter dream gives way to opera career", Clinton Herald, March 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Aryeh Oron, "Kyle Ketelsen (Bass-Baritone) - Short Biography", Bach Cantatas website, May 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Kyle Ketelsen", Bayerischen Staatsoper website.
  4. ^ Don Giovanni (Royal Opera, 2008): Opus Arte Blu-ray (2009), OCLC 648264640; DVD (2009), OCLC 964825592.
  5. ^ Don Giovanni (Aix-en-Provence, 2010): Blu-ray: BelAir classiques, OCLC 940974446. Review by Richard Lawrence in Gramophone, Awards 2013, pp. 106–107.
  6. ^ Pelléas et Mélisande (Opernhaus Zürich, 2016): Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray OCLC 1120201651.
  7. ^ The Hours, 10 December 2022, Met Opera on Demand website. Met Opera Archive: Performance of The Hours, 10 December 2022, CID:357772.
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