KENNETH OVERTON, baritone

Kenneth Overton is lauded for blending his opulent baritone with magnetic, varied portrayals that seemingly “emanate from deep within body and soul.” In 2020, Kenneth became a Grammy Award winner for Best Choral Performance in the title role of Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by JoAnn Falletta.

Last season, Mr. Overton joined the San Francisco Opera as Suleiman in Omar, while covering Abdul/Abe, and as the King’s Herald cover in Lohengrin. He also joined Portland Baroque Orchestra for the pastiche Dinner with Handel and Opera Montana as Marcello in La bohème. In concert he joined the Hartford Chorale for part one of Messiah and Bach’s Magnificat, Lyric Fest for their Love Songs Concert, New Choral Society for Elijah, Opera Philadelphia for their Sounds of America: Price and Bonds concert, as well as the Resonance Ensemble as a featured soloist in a recital of Black composers’ works, curated by Damien Geter. He curated his own concert for On Site Opera in honor of Juneteenth, on which he also performed, and he joined the National Philharmonic as the baritone soloist for Beethoven’s Mass in C. This season, he joins the Austin Symphony as Porgy in Porgy and Bess and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir as the baritone soloist in The Ordering of Moses.