Kevin Punnackal, a first generation Indian-American tenor from Sugarland, Texas, is making his debut in Chattanooga. He received his Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance, where he prepared the role of Romeo Romeo et Juliette at Houston Baptist University. Mr. Punnackal has also performed the role of Sam Kaplan Street Scene and covered Ruggero La Rondine while attending Varna International in Bulgaria. While attending the University of Oklahoma, he sang the role of Le Baron de Pictordu Cendrillon, and prepared Nemorino Elisir d’amore. Since then, his recent mperformances have been with the Santa Fe Opera for their 2021 and 2022 seasons, where he performed the title roles in scenes from Faust, Pagliacci, and Lucia di Lammermoor. He currently is with the Washington National Opera where he has done a role study of Don Jose Carmen and performed Ruiz in Il Trovatore. This upcoming May, he will be completing his season with Rodolfo in the Young Artists performances of La
Boheme. He will later be featured as the tenor soloist in Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis with the Washington Choral Society. He is expected to join us again in singing Rodolfo with\ the Chattanooga Symphony for their upcoming La Boheme in the fall.