Specializes in: Voice

Education: M.M. Voice Performance at Depaul University, B.M. Voice Performance at Univeristy of Florida

Praised for his powerful and emotive voice, Kevin Wheatle has maintained a productive schedule, focusing primarily on the works of Mozart such as Count Almaviva from Le nozze di Figaro. Recent performances include the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (DePaul Opera Theater) , Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (Opera Aeterna, 2024) along with performances of Manon Lescaut (Navy Captain: Opera Festival of Chicago, 2024), Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Leporello: Opera Aeterna, 2024), Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri (Taddeo: Concert Opera of Greater Chicago, 2024), Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva: Chicago Summer Opera, 2023 | Florida Opera Prima, 2023 | Figaro: Florida Opera Prima, 2023), Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte (Guglielmo: Florida Opera Prima, 2023), and Puccini’s La Boheme, performing the role of Schaunard with FL’Opera & Zarzuela (2023).

Kevin has also collaborated on innovative digital projects following the COVID 19 pandemic. Through his mentor, Viktoria Vizin, Mezzo- Soprano, he’s become a regular artist for VVE (Vizin Virtual Ensemble), a virtual ensemble that has expanded the idea of traditional operatic stories and has connected artist virtually and domestically from its origins in Chicago, IL to as far as Europe and Asia. Recently, Kevin has finished filming ALPHA, an adaptation from Mozart’s Don Giovanni.