Alok Kumar
TENORIn 2023 and 2024, Alok Kumar debuts with Vancouver Opera and Scottish Opera as Don Jose in Carmen, with Portland Opera as Faiz in Thumbprint, and with Fort Worth Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème.
Since his 2018 stage debut, The Metropolitan Opera has invited him seasonally to appear in productions of Der Rosenkavalier, Der fliegende Holländer, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Gianni Schicchi, as well as The Rake’s Progress and The Hours.
In 2020, Harmonia Mundi and London Philharmonic Orchestra released Ravi Shankar’s opera Sukanya with Mr. Kumar reprising the leading role of Chyavana in concert with LPO for the Shankar Centennial Celebration. At the invitation of the Royal Opera House with LPO, he created Chyavana for the 2017 world premiere and tour of Sukanya. He has also sung with Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Michigan Opera, and Opera Omaha amongst others.
He has also appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Royal Festival Hall in London, Symphony Hall in Birmingham, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester; Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Le Domaine Forget International Music Festival in Quebec, and Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico.