Kenneth
has also been heard as Leporello (Don Giovanni) at Houston Ebony
Opera Guild; Ping (Turandot) with Opera Delware; Schaunard (La
Bohème) and Ping (Turandot) with Opera Memphis; Sharpless
(Madama Butterfly) and Papageno (Die Zauberflöte)
with the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera; Baz Luhrman’s Broadway
La Bohème; Masetto (Don Giovanni) with Connecticut
Grand Opera; Schaunard (La Bohème) and Papageno (Die
Zauberflöte) with Connecticut Opera; City Center Encores’
production and recording of Romberg’s New Moon; Ping (Turandot)
with Nashville Opera.
Kenneth’s
intelligence and versatility have allowed him to excel in several modern
works including Corps of Discovery by Michael Ching with Opera
Festival of New Jersey; Six Characters by Hugo Weisgall; Nexus
Arts (NY) The Gilded Cage by Kioulaphides. With the Westfield
Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Overton was a featured soloist in Fascinatin’
Rhythm, a concert of George Gershwin songs. He made his Carnegie
Hall début as Baritone soloist in Come Follow Me by Jackson
Berkey with Mid-America Productions. He was a winner of the Liederkranz
Competition and a national winner of the Leontyne Price Vocal Competition.
He
is also co-founder of Opera
Noire of New York, a performing arts organization created to
empower African-American artists to reach their full creative potential
in a mutually supportive environment.