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Steve Kahn,
bass-baritone
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Steve has appeared in roles in operatic productions with Pocket Opera, Cinnabar Theater, Lamplighters Music Theatre, Verismo Opera, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar (Germany), and the Luke Housner Summer Opera Workshop.
He is also an avid performer of art songs and chamber music. He has studied with Heidi Moss Erickson and Jonathan Smucker.
In early 2022, he took third place in a multi-state competition held under the auspices of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
He also holds a B.Mus. in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, having studied with David Garner.
Outside the singing field, he recently had a book on a technical extension he developed for clawhammer banjo (called "pawhammer") published by Mel Bay Publications.
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February/March 2026: Pagliacci; Tonio; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
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Recent appearances
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November/December 2025: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini); Capellio; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
June 2025: Prytaneum Chamber Ensemble; Sonoma CA
April 2025: Bastien & Bastienne; Colas; Pocket Opera, San Francisco CA
​March 2025: Cavalleria Rusticana; Alfio; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
March 2025: Die Zauberfloete; Papageno; Handel Opera Project, Berkeley CA
December 2024: Messiah; Soloist; Solano Chamber Society, Fairfield CA
November 2024: La Traviata; Germont; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
June 2024: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai); Mr. Page; Pocket Opera, San Francisco, CA
November 2023: Luisa Miller (Verdi); Count Walter; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
October 2023: The Valley's Singing Day (song cycle, S. Kahn); Jarvis Conservatory, Napa CA
July 2023: Cosi fan tutte; Don Alfonso; Luke Housner opera workshop, Philadelphia PA
June 2023: Die Zauberflote; Papageno; Luke Housner opera workshop, Philadelphia PA
March 2023: Faust (Gounod); Mephistopheles; Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
August 2022: Die Fledermaus; Frank; Lyric Opera Studio Weimar; Weimar, Germany
July 2022: Hansel und Gretel; Vater; Luke Housner opera workshop (virtual)
June 2022: La Traviata; Baron Douphol; Cinnabar Theater & Pocket Opera, Bay Area CA
July 2021: Le nozze di Figaro; Bartolo; Lyric Opera Studio Weimar; Weimar, Germany
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Performances & recitals
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Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (Germont)
23 November 2024
Verismo Opera, Vallejo CA
"Di Provenza il mar, il suol"
Act 2 duet with Violetta
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Giuseppe Verdi, Luisa Miller (Walter)
Verismo Opea, Vallejo CA
19 November 2023
"Il mio sangue"
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Recital with Frank Johnson, piano
7 October 2023
Steve Kahn, The Valley's Singing Day
3. The Road Not Taken
4. Fire And Ice
5. Dust of Snow
6. Tree At My Window
7. Acceptance
"In the studio"
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With Cesar Cancino, August 2024
Samuel Barber, "The queen's face
on the summery coin", op. 18, no. 1
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W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro
"La vendetta" (Bartolo)
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Franz Schubert, "Die Forelle"
Gabriel Faure, La bonne chanson​
1. Une Sainte en son aureole
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Home recording with piano track,
March 2023
Gilbert & Sullivan, The Sorcerer
"My Name is John Wellington
Wells" (Wells)
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Contact
stevekmusicstevekmusic [at] gmail [dot] com
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