Originally
from Sugarland, Texas, Kevin Punnackal recently performed the role of the
Captain in Lord of the Cries at the Santa Fe Opera. During his studies
at Houston Baptist University, he had the opportunity to perform roles such as
Ruggero in Puccini's La Rondine and Roméo in Gounod's Roméo et
Juliette.He recently completed his Master's degree at the University of
Oklahoma, where he played Baron de Pictordu in Cinderella and Nemorino
in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore. Kevin Punnackal plays Sam Kaplan in
Kurt Weill's Street Scene at the International Academy of Music in Varna,
Bulgaria. During the 2021-22 season at the Washington National Opera (WNO),
Kevin Punnackal takes part in the premiere of a Metropolitan Opera and WNO
commission to composer Jeanine Tesori, Blue, on a libretto by George Brant.Kevin Punnackal joins the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris in September
2023, performing the role of Sam Kaplan in Street SceneS directed by
Yshani Perinpanayagam and staged by Ted Huffman at the MC93-Maison de la
Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis.