BIOGRAPHY
Debuting the role of Ko-Ko in the spring of 2019, Seán Kroll performed in The Mikado with the Bronx Opera to critical acclaim:
The role of Ko-Ko, the reluctant erstwhile Lord High Executioner, was undertaken by Seán Kroll...there were no reservations about his singing. ’Willow, tit-willow’ was right on the mark. -
Seen & Heard International
His voice is made for this kind of light opera, especially in his sweet rendition of 'On a Tree by a River.' -
Schmopera
As Ko-Ko, Sean Kroll brought a youthful, and often frantic, vitality to the role of the older guardian. -
Opera Wire
Seán Kroll, towering physically above the remainder of the cast, was properly snide as Ko-Ko. -
Classics Today
Also in 2019, the artist will take on his second role debut of the year as Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore this summer with Delaware Valley Opera.
2018 highlights included the role of Pasha Selim with the Bronx Opera production of The Abduction from the Seraglio, a world premier of Theodore Christman's A Metamorphosis, at the National Opera Center, the reprise of a signature role, Marcello in La Bohème in Shreveport, Louisiana where the artist also debuted in his first Gilbert & Sullivan role as Samuel in Pirates of Penzance in a Classical Singer Magazine featured production.
2018 highlights included the role of Pasha Selim with the Bronx Opera production of The Abduction from the Seraglio, a world premier of Theodore Christman's A Metamorphosis, at the National Opera Center, the reprise of a signature role, Marcello in La Bohème in Shreveport, Louisiana where the artist also debuted in his first Gilbert & Sullivan role as Samuel in Pirates of Penzance in a Classical Singer Magazine featured production.
2017 repertoire included the reprisal of another signature role, Don Giovanni with Mosaic Arts, and a premier with Prelude Opera as Wolfgang Big Bad in a Mozart pastiche entitled, The Three Little Pigs. as well as Marcello in La Bohème with Capitol Opera Laguna conducted by Dr. Stephen Tucker. Previous season highlights include the King in Opera Fayetteville's The Little Prince, and the title role of Figaro with Dell'Arte Opera in New York City under the baton of Daniela Candillari.
Figaro was baritone Seán Kroll, also a fine singer… He had the cocky, “I know what I’m doing” air of a good Figaro while also being the avuncular figure Rosina and the story need. –
Taminophile.com
Previous engagements include his return tour to the People's Republic of China as soloist with the South Shore Orchestra with Troy Webdell at the podium, the roles of Achilla in Handel’s Cesare in Egitto, Ariodate in Handel’s Serse, King Rene in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, and Le Bailli in Massenet's Werther., and his New York debut in an off-Broadway production starring in Roboff & Newman’s Carmen’s Place: A Fantasy.
Kroll is well suited to the character Placido, whom he portrays as both the modern day New York City Opera aspirant and the 19th century bullfighter, Escamillo, a character that somewhat parallels Placido’s own life. –
New York Arts Examiner
Kroll has sung across the United States, in Europe and Asia. Highlights include: the title role of Don Giovanni, Escamillo and Zuniga (Carmen), Colline and Marcello (La Bohème), Papageno (Magic Flute), Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Ewald (Lehár’s Springtime), Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti) and in the realm of music theater, Cinderella’s Prince, the Mysterious Man, the Narrator and the Wolf (Sondheim’s Into the Woods).
Agony, the duet by a pair of preening Prince Charmings, was a showstopper for Joseph Ryan and Seán Kroll (who also played the salacious Wolf).–
St. Petersburg Times
Concert credits include opening the Galena Summer Music Festival and a gala for the Jeffrey Arnold Foundation, the Second Saturday Recital Series at the treasured landmark Quigley Chapel in Chicago with opera arias by Handel and Mozart, Schubert and Strauss lieder, Fauré chanson and classic Broadway hits; as soloist for Chicago Opera Theater (Poulenc’s Le Bestiaire), Music by the Lake Singers (Bach’s Magnificat), Opera Santa Barbara, Music Institute of Chicago (Mozart’s Requiem), Sonic Inertia (Berkhout’s Uphill).
An alumnus of the Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara and Saint Petersburg Opera artist development programs, Kroll graduated with a degree in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University and was a scholarship recipient to the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy and studied with Bill Schuman in New York City. The artist is represented by BAM.
An alumnus of the Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara and Saint Petersburg Opera artist development programs, Kroll graduated with a degree in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University and was a scholarship recipient to the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy and studied with Bill Schuman in New York City. The artist is represented by BAM.