The American bass-baritone Kevin Short is the embodiment of the singing actor who is able to enthral audiences all over the world. During the 2009 – 2010 season Mr. Short performs with the Teatro Nacional São Carlos as Porgy in Porgy and Bess, the Bregenz Festival as the King in Aida, Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Opera Birmingham as Amonasro in Aida, and with Opera Omaha as Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, and on the concert stage he sings Verdi’s Requiem with the Utah Symphony. In the 2008/09 season he sang Porgy in Porgy and Bess at the Opéra Comique in Luxemburg, Philippo in Don Carlos at the Sarasota Opera, the King in Aida at the Bregenz Festival and Méphistophélès in Faust as well as Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Nacional São Carlos. In preceding seasons he sang the Count in The Marriage of Figaro at Cologne Oper, Ramphis in Aida at Omaha Opera, Porgy in Porgy and Bess with the Opéra Comique with performances in Paris and Caen as well as Porgy in a concert at Birmingham Opera, the New York Pops in Carnegie Hall and the Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza de Granada. He has sung major roles in the repertoire at Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, New York City Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Canadian Opera Company, Basel Theatre and the Vienna Volksoper. His concert schedule includes engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Virginia Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Chorus as well as in Europe with the Czech Philharmonic, radio symphony orchestras in Switzerland and Italy, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Parma Reggio Emilia orchestra.