Kyle Stegall

American-born tenor Kyle Stegall is a renowned interpreter of baroque and classical repertoire. Now based in Australia, Kyle has established himself as a versatile artist in demand with the country’s leading state orchestras, opera companies and festivals.

In 2026, Kyle appears in Queensland and Sydney, alongside further engagements with Pinchgut Opera and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. His concert highlights this season include performances of Handel’s Messiah with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz’s Requiem with Orchestra Wellington, and Britten’s War Requiem with Auckland Choral.

In the operatic sphere, Kyle specialises in bringing rarely-performed works to life. He has sung the title role in Charpentier’s Actéon, Hippolyte in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, Vistola in Caccini’s Alcina, Tommaso in Schwendinger’s Artemisia, Glauco in Ziani’s La Circe, and Martín y Soler’s L’arbore di Diana. His repertoire further extends to Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Little Bat in Floyd’s Susannah. In 2025, Kyle made his Australian mainstage debut as Belmonte in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio with Victorian Opera and his State Opera South Australia debut as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette.

In concert, Kyle is heard across a wide span of baroque, classical and romantic works, with tenor solos in Bach’s Magnificat and Mass in B minor, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Great Mass in C minor, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Beethoven’s Mass in C major, Haydn’s Creation, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. He is also a frequent Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.

His collaborators range from period ensembles to symphony orchestras, and include the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, American Bach Soloists, Angelus Consort San Diego, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Bach Society Houston, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Bach Festival Winter Park, Grosse Point Symphony, St. Louis Bach Society, Boulder Philharmonic, Albuquerque Symphony, Baltimore Handel Society, Hartford Symphony, San Francisco Bach Ensemble and Detroit Symphonia.

As a recording artist, Kyle has been featured on commercial releases from the Boston Early Music Festival (as Aquilon in Henry Desmarest’s Circé) and the American Bach Soloists (Messiah in Grace Cathedral). His album Visions with Centaur Records features a number of works by living composers, while Myrtle and Rose, a compilation of songs by Robert and Clara Schumann for Avie Records, showcases a Viennese fortepiano built the same year as the songs’ composition.