Known for his electric stage presence and warm resonant timbre, American baritone Kyle Miller is quickly establishing himself as a performer of unmatched charisma and dynamic range. He is currently a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble supported by the Curt Engelhorn Scholarship through the Opera Foundation.
In the 24/25 season Kyle will sing Sensor in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera, a role he premiered at Washington National Opera in 2023. At Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, he will sing Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale in their milestone 50th festival season. With Deutsche Oper Berlin, he will take on the roles of Schaunard in La bohème, Angelotti in Tosca, and Chou En-Lai in Nixon in China, in addition to appearances in Il viaggio a Reims, Arabella, Antikrist, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, and Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Past highlighted performances include Prince Yamadori in Madame Butterfly with Opera Philadelphia, Il Dancaïre and Moralès in Carmen with Washington National Opera, Larkens in La fanciulla del West with the Cleveland Orchestra, and Masetto in Don Giovanni, Ostasio in Francesca da Rimini, and Surin in Queen of Spades at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
He sang at Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist performing in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello) and as a soloist in the world premiere of Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly 蝴蝶君. He returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2021 to record The Barber of Seville as Figaro for their “Opera on the Go!” outreach program.
Kyle is a winner of the Philip R. Nichols Award in the New England Region of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition in 2022. He was named an Emerging Artist at Opera Philadelphia and is a proud recipient of the Richard Gaddes Career Award from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Toulmin Scholarship and Novick Career Grant from The Juilliard School.
In addition to operatic engagements, Kyle Miller enjoys performing song repertoire and new works. For his graduation recital at The Juilliard School, he performed Schumann’s Dichterliebe. With New York Festival of Song, he performed in Ports of Call and Cubans in Paris with Steven Blier. He returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in filming the holiday special Once Upon a Winter with PBS. With Beth Morrison Projects, he performed a Mary Kouyoumdjian composition in 21c Liederabend Op. Senses, an interactive liederabend experience. Previously, Miller performed on the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall as the baritone soloist in Stravinsky’s Les Noces and at Alice Tully Hall in Stravinsky’s Pribaoutki with Juilliard’s AXIOM Ensemble. Other concert works include a recital with Ricky Ian Gordon at the Chautauqua Institution singing Gordon’s own music, and the baritone solo in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. He joined the Ravinia Steans Music Institute as a vocal fellow under the leadership of Kevin Murphy, focusing on song and culminated in a recital curated by American jazz singer Kurt Elling.
