Welcome to the Official Kenneth Kellogg Website

"The company’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists deserved a hand.... D.C. native Kenneth Kellogg returned for his second WNO season as a striking Angelotti who seemed destined for a bigger role." 

By Anne Midgette, Washington Post, Tosca 2011 Washington National Opera

Standing at 6’5”, bass Kenneth Kellogg has been praised for his “commanding stage presence” and “vocal prowess.” In 2010 he made debuts with Los Angeles Opera, Atlanta Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Center and Washington National Opera and has been featured in concerts and recitals  in Washington DC and Japan. In 2011 he will return to Wolf Trap Opera Center for Wolf-Ferrari’s Le donne curiose (Ottavio); Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, (Judge Turpin); Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann (Crespel/Schlemil). He will also return to Washington National Opera for Puccini’s Tosca (Angelotti) and as an artist with the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.  He can also be seen on the stage of the Kennedy Center this season with Washington National Opera as Don Alfonso in the Emerging Artist production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Johann in Massenet's Werther. He is set to make his Opera de Oviedo debut as Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflote. 

Mr. Kellogg was born and raised in Washington, D.C.  He used his high school musical studies at the Duke Ellington School of Performing and Visual Arts as a springboard, continuing his training at Ohio University (BM) and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MM, Specialist). After leaving Ann Arbor in 2006, Mr. Kellogg served as a resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

In  2007, Mr. Kellogg created the role of Tobias in the Merola Opera Program 's world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri’s The Hotel Casablanca.  Following stand out performances in the Merola Program, Mr. Kellogg was awarded San Francisco Opera's prestigious Adler Fellowship.  His Company debut as The King (The Little Prince) in 2008 and his War Memorial Opera House debut as Pietro (Simon Boccanegra) .  During his time at San Francisco Opera he worked on numerous productions, covering and singing roles on the main stage.  He also worked with acclaimed composer Jake Heggie on his new opera Moby Dick, bringing to life the role of Queequeg.