Kyle Stegall’s reputation as “an outstanding communicator” (Gramophone) combined with his “clear-toned voice” (Klassiek Centraal-Belgium), have led to exciting collaborations with many of the classical world’s most highly-acclaimed conductors including Manfred Honeck, Thomas Wilkins, Stephen Stubbs, Matilda Hofman, William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, and Joseph Flummerfelt.
Celebrated as a “lively and empathetic evangelist” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and tenor soloist in the cantatas and passions of J.S. Bach, his high-arcing tenor also makes him a natural choice as a “genuine, first-rate, haute-contre” (Musical America) in music of the French Baroque.
His performances are characterized by an unfailing attention to style and detail, and a penetrating directness of communication. On operatic stages, in addition to being a popular choice for world-premiere’s of new works, Mr. Stegall is frequently engaged in the leading lyric roles of Mozart and the masters of the Bel Canto era. He is routinely praised for his “ability to absorb viewers into the action, something rarely achieved in opera,” (SF Classical Voice).
Committed to the communicative potential of the art song genre, Mr. Stegall makes room for recitals each season, and holds a long-standing relationship with the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, where he has performed a wide-range of underrepresented Romantic chamber repertoire with historical instruments. His forthcoming solo album with pianist Bomi Kim for Avie Records-London features commercial premieres of song sets for tenor and piano by Adolphus Hailstork, B.E. Boykin, Harry Sdraulig, Rosephanye Powell, and Anne Cawrse.
This season, he sings Dvořák with Bach Festival Winter Park, Handel with Houston Bach, Mozart with Philharmonie Austin, Bach with San Francisco Bach Choir, and Cantata Collective. Mr. Stegall is a proud alumnus of the Aldeburgh Festival’s Britten-Pears Institute, as well as the universities of Missouri, Michigan, and Yale, and has been closely mentored by Caroline Helton, James Taylor, Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien, Ted Taylor, and Ann Harrell.