Kyle Ketelsen has garnered great critical acclaim for his portrayals with the major American theatres, as well as theatres around the world. He made his Covent Garden début as the Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte under Mackerras, where he then returned later that season as Henrik in Carl Nielsen’s Maskerade in a new production by David Pountney, and a début with Teatro Carlo Felico in Genoa as Figaro. His Lyric Opera of Chicago debut was as Masetto in a new production of Don Giovanni conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and directed by Peter Stein with a cast including Bryn Terfel, Karita Mattila and Susan Graham.

In concert, Kyle Ketelsen has collaborated with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Berlioz’s Lélio and Kaija Saariaho’s Cinq reflets au l’Amour de loin. He made his Carnegie Hall début with Haydn’s Creation with the Oratorio Society of New York and repeated this work with Music of the Baroque in Chicago. His concert repertoire also includes the Verdi Requiem, Brahms Deutsches Requiem, Handel Messiah, Fauré Requiem, Dvořák Te Deum, the Bach St Matthew and St John Passions and the Mozart C Minor Mass. Among the newest additions to his concert repertoire is Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in Madison under John DeMain.