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The American baritone, Samuel Kidd, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Prformance from The University of Michigan (2019); his Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from University of Cincinnati (CCM) (2021); and his MMA degree Opera Performance from Yale University (2023), under the tutelage of Gerald Martin Moore. He attended the Young Artists' Vocal Academy (YAVA) at Houston Grand Opera (2017); was Vocal Fellow at Music Academy of the West (2018, 2019, 2022), Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera (2020, 2021), Merola Artist at Merola Opera Program (2023), and Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera (2024).
Samuel Kidd, baritone, is quickly establishing himself as a young singer of note. This season (2024-2025) he joins the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera, where he will perform and cover various roles, in addition to concert engagements. This fall he makes his San Francisco Opera debut singing the roles of Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera and Morales in Georges Bizet's Carmen. His recent highlights include singing Tarquinius in Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia with the Merola Opera Program, Belcore from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Tarquinius with Yale Opera, and Onegin from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at The Music Academy of the West.
While at home on the opera stage, Samuel Kidd's first love and passion is for art song and recital singing, in particular German Lieder. His recent performance in the Merola Opera Program’s Metamorphasis recital was praised for its “cohesive blend of caressing phrases and dynamic intensity” (Classical Voice San Francisco). Last November, he appeared with the Cincinnati Song Initiative performing Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. In April 2021 he participated in the Caramoor Rising Star program, directed and curated by Steven Blier. He was also featured in the New York Festival of Song's online season in September 2020. At The University of Michigan, he gave two performances of Schubert's Winterreise, as well as Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the University Symphony Orchestra.
Last summer (2022), Samuel Kidd returned to the Music Academy of the West to sing the title role of Eugene Onegin. In summer 2021 he was a Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist, covering the roles of Anthony in Sweeney Todd and Ophémon in L'Amant Anonyme. He was also a Studio Artist with WTO in 2020, performing in the scenes program. In 2018 and 2019 he was a vocal fellow at the Music Academy of the West. In 2019, he performed the roles of Ethan/Owens in Cold Mountain by Jennifer Higdon, as well as the bass solos in Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella under the baton of Thomas Adès. In 2018, he performed the role of Jazz Trio in Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, as well as in the chorus of W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.
Samuel Kidd enjoys oratorio and choral singing, having performed the baritone solos in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s Creation and W.A. Mozart's Requiem with the Plymouth Oratorio Society, and bass solos in J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 and Montiverdi’s 1610 Vespers with Audivi and Michigan Bach Collective. |
