Kevin Short’s most recent current and future engagements include Angelotti in Tosca, Lepidus in John Adams’ Anthony and Cleopatra, and Frazier in Porgy and Bess (The Metropolitan Opera), Il Re in Aida, Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte and Zuniga in Carmen (Washington National Opera), Porgy in Porgy and Bess (Elbphilharmonie Hamburg), Headmaster/Preacher/Mr. Dingleas in Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio (Cincinnati Opera), Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (The Philadelphia Orchestra), Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (Grant Park Music Festival Chicago), and Don Giovanni (title role) (Joburg Theatre).

In a career where he sang more than twenty operas at The Metropolitan Opera, recent highlights have included Porgy in Porgy and Bess, Sam in Un ballo in maschera, Uncle Paul in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, and Pfleger in Elektra. Kevin performed roles such as Der fliegende Holländer  (title role), Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Méphistophélès in Faust, Philippe II in Don Carlos, and Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West at Santa Fe Opera,  Lyric Opera of Chicago,  Houston Grand Opera,  LA Opera,  Florida Grand Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Canadian Opera Company,  Vancouver Opera,  New York City Opera, Opéra Comique, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and festivals including Baden-Baden, Aix-en-Provence, Savonlinna, and Spoleto. Concert appearances include Opera Orchestra of New York, Avery Fisher Hall, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, and RAI Orchestra.