"...rich bass-baritone and imposing presence..."

The Wall Street Journal

“Taking on the role of Rigoletto for the first time, Ryan McKinny is the absolute best part of this production. He deftly uses his powerful and deeply resonating bass-baritone instrument to sing with fervor and unrestrained emotionality. “

Broadway World

"Ryan McKinny’s Amfortas was simply irresistible in his heart-breaking plea as the human Grail at the heart of this insightful and moving production.”

Opera News

“a voice that drips with gold"

Opera News

American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny has been praised for his “elegant and articulate” vocalism (OC Register), as well as a powerful voice that “drips with gold.” (Opera News)

In the 2017-2018 season, McKinny will debut at the San Francisco Opera in the world premiere of John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West in a production by Peter Sellars and will sing his first performances of Mandryka in a new production of Arabella directed by Uwe Laufenberg at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. He returns to Santa Fe Opera as J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’ Dr. Atomic and makes his role debut in the title role of Eugene Onegin at Hawaii Opera Theater. With Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, he performs Arias and Barcarolles to celebrate the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.

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Aspen and Carnegie Hall performances

On August 19, Ryan McKinny sings selected scenes from Wagner’s Die Walküre opposite soprano Tamara Wilson at the Aspen Music Festival. Robert Spano conducts the Aspen Festival Orchestra, who will also play Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique during the second part of the concert. His next...

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Upcoming Performances

Aug 2018
19

Selected scenes from Wagner’s Die Walküre

Aspen Music Festival

Robert Spano, conductor

Tamara Wilson, soprano
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

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Doctor Atomic at Santa Fe Opera

“McKinny showed the audience the human side of the scientific genius and I doubt that operagoers who saw his portrayal will soon forget it… By this time, McKinny as Oppenheimer is severely troubled and with golden baritonal sounds he sings lines of John Donne that begin: “Batter my heart, Three-Person’d God.” Although Adams’s music...