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Cast Biographies
from The Cook-Off
Evan Bravos
Kenny Kincaid
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Marked as a “young talent to watch” by the Chicago Tribune, Baritone Evan Bravos has received critical acclaim for his “lovely lyric baritone” (Opera News).
Bravos' 2022-23 season featured company debuts with White Snake Projects in Boston Let's Celebrate! Living Holiday Traditions in America, Opera Tampa (Silvio, I Pagliacci) and returns to Chicago Opera Theater for a premiere of Shawn Okpebholo’s The Cook-Off as TV host, Kenny Kincaid. On the concert stage, he received praise for an “elegantly sung” Carmina Burana with the Hawaii Symphony.
In the 2021-22 season, Bravos performed the role of Hannah
Before in Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed and Mark Cambell’s groundbreaking As One with Opera Santa Barbara and Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. With Chicago Opera Theater, he played El Dancaïro in Carmen alongside Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe, and “sang winningly” (Opera News) as Clay in the world premiere of Matthew Recio and Royce Vavrek’s opera The Puppy Episode. Learn more about this artist at www.evanbravos.com
