Kenneth Kellogg

Class of 1997 – A native of Washington, DC, he made his debut with Washington National Opera in Un Ballo in Maschera (Count Ribbing). He has performed with LA Opera (Die Gezeichneten), and Atlanta Opera (Aida). He is a San Francisco Opera Alder Fellowship alumnus; as an alumnus of the 2007 San Francisco Opera Merola Program, he created the role of Tobias in the world premiere of Pasatieri’s Hotel Casablanca. Roles as a Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts include Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Count des Grieux (Massenet’s Manon). A Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap Opera Center, he returns there in the 2011 season for Wolf-Ferrari’s Le Donne Curiose (Ottavio), Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (Judge Turpin) with the National Symphony Orchestra, and Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman (Crespel/Schlemil). Kenneth was once asked, “what do you think has brought you to this point in your life?” His answer was, “ I have an undying belief that the universe takes care of people who do what they love and love what they do.”