Kidd, Samuel

Baritone

Baritone Samuel Kidd is quickly establishing himself as a young singer of note. A first-year Adler Fellow, this seasons he sings Moralès in Carmen and Carmen Encounter, Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera, Steersman in Tristan und Isolde, and Marcello in Bohème Out of the Box. Last season he covered Papageno in The Magic Flute and Ormonte in Partenope.  

A recent graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Gerald Martin Moore, his recent highlights include singing Tarquinius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia as a participant in the 2023 Merola Opera Program, Belcore in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and Tarquinius with Yale Opera, and the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Music Academy of the West. He has participated in several prestigious young artist programs and festivals, including Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy, Wolf Trap Opera Studio, Music Academy of the West, and Merola Opera Program.

While at home on the opera stage, Kidd’s first love is art song and recital singing, in particular German lieder. Last fall he returned to the New York Festival of Song performing on their season opening “Perennials” concert. His recent performance in Merola Opera Program’s Metamorphosis recital was praised for its “cohesive blend of caressing phrases and dynamic intensity” by San Francisco Classical Voice. Last season, 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, and gave two performances of Schubert’s Winterreise, as well as Kindertotenlieder with the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of Michigan.