Kevin Short’s current and future engagements include Il Re in Aida with Washington Opera and Philadelphia Opera, Angelotti in Tosca, Lepidus in John Adams’ Anthony and Cleopatra, Frazier in Porgy and Bess with the Metropolitan Opera, Porgy in Porgy and Bess with the Gürzenich Orchester at the Kölner Philharmonie, and soloist in Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 5, Liberty with The Philadelphia Orchestra and on a U.S. Tour that includes Carnegie Hall. Recent work includes Porgy with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Hamburg, Headmaster/Preacher/Mr. Dingleas in Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago, and Rivers/Ralston in Getty’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips (recording and film) at the Joburg Theatre.

He has sung over 20 operas at the Metropolitan Opera, with recent highlights including Porgy, Sam in Un ballo in maschera, Uncle Paul in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Doctor Grenvil in La traviata and Pfleger in Elektra. Short also performed roles such as Der fliegende Holländer (title role), Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Rocco and Don Fernando in Fidelio, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Mephistopheles in Faust, Philippe II in Don Carlos, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West with Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Arizona Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Seattle Opera, New York City Opera, Opéra Comique, Opéra de Reims, Welsh National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Oper der Stadt Köln, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Theater Basel, Staatstheater Bern and Theater St. Gallen, as well as festivals including Baden-Baden, Bregenz, Aix-en-Provence, Savonlinna and Spoleto. Concert appearances include Opera Orchestra of New York, Avery Fisher Hall, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, RAI Orchestra, and Parma Reggio Emilia Orchestra. He recorded a solo aria album with Lawrence Foster and the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Marseille on the Pentatone Music label. 

Kevin Short received his training at Morgan State University, the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School of Music.