KYLE NAIG
CONDUCTOR | PIANIST | COACH | ARRANGER
24
25
Kyle "conducts with flair from the harpsichord" (LA Times) twice with Pacific Opera Project this season, leading productions of Cagnoni's Don Bucefalo and Salieri's La scuola de' gelosi. He also returns to Opera Orlando to conduct Amahl and the Night Visitors and debuts with Opera Laguna to conduct Messiah and Pocket Opera to conduct Tartuffe. He serves as music staff with Des Moines Metro Opera (Il barbiere di Siviglia, associate conductor), Houston Grand Opera (Breaking the Waves) and LA Opera (Madama Butterfly).
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Current Season
Il barbiere di Siviglia
DES MOINES METRO OPERA | JUNE-JULY 2024
Associate Conductor | cond. Gary Wedow
Madama Butterfly
LOS ANGELES OPERA | SEPT. 2024
Pianist/Coach | cond. James Conlon
Don Bucefalo
PACIFIC OPERA PROJECT | NOV. 2024
Conductor & Music Director
Four Lost Santas/Amahl and the Night Visitors
OPERA ORLANDO | DEC. 2024
Conductor & Music Director
Messiah
OPERA LAGUNA | DEC. 2024
Conductor, Music Director, & Continuo
La scuola de' gelosi
PACIFIC OPERA PROJECT | JAN. 2025
Conductor & Music Director
Breaking the Waves
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA | MAR. 2025
Principal Pianist/Coach | cond. Patrick Summers
Tartuffe
POCKET OPERA | MAY 2025
Conductor & Music Director
"The chorus members contributed a similarly riotous energy... And the orchestra, led by conductor Kyle Naig, [produced] a warmly supportive and nimble sound."
- San Francisco Classical Voice | Il barbiere di Siviglia 2023
PAST
SEASONS
Kyle has worked as a conductor, pianist, coach, and arranger throughout the United States, at companies including Houston Grand Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and The Glimmerglass Festival.
Un Cuento de Luces y Sombras
LOLA Austin
Conductor/Music Director
March 2024
Dido and Aeneas/Meow & Forever
San Francisco Conservatory Undergraduate Opera
Conductor/Music Director
January 2024
Into the Woods
Simpson Productions
Conductor/Music Director
November 2023
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Penn Square Opera
Conductor/Music Director
September 2023
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Pacific Opera Project
Conductor/Music Director
August 2023
La cambiale di matrimonio & Gianni Schicchi
Opera Orlando
Conductor/Music Director/Pianist
March 2023
Into the Woods
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Conductor/Music Director
February 2023
Ercole su'l Termodonte (Vivaldi, US Premiere)
Pacific Opera Project
Conductor/Music Director/Continuo/Arranger
January 2023
In Recital with Duke Kim
Florentine Opera
Recitalist
September 2022
L'elisir d'amore
Pacific Opera Project
Music Director/Conductor
August-September 2022
Carmen
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Principal Coach/Backstage Conductor
May-June 2022
In Recital with Duke Kim, Tenor
Brown Bradley Promenade Concert Series (First Presbyterian Myrtle Beach)
Recitalist
April 2022
In Recital with Jonathan Walker-VanKuren
Lebanon Valley College
Recitalist
April 2022
The Magic Flute
North Carolina Opera
Principal Coach
April 2022
Flight
The Dallas Opera
Guest Music Staff & Pit Keyboard
February-March 2022
La bohème
North Carolina Opera
Principal Coach
January 2022
La bohème
Virginia Opera
Principal Coach
November 2021
The Maid of Orleans
Opera Company of Middlebury
Rehearsal Pianist & Backstage Organ
October 2021
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Principal Coach & Continuo
September 2021
Sweeney Todd
Des Moines Metro Opera
Assistant Conductor & Principal Coach
June-July 2021
Joyce DiDonato Gala
The Dallas Opera
Rehearsal Pianist
May 2021 | cond. Emmanuel Villaume
Trouble in Tahiti
Pacific Opera Project
Music Director/Pianist
April 2021
The Littlest Mermaid (Dvořák arr. Borths)
Opera Iowa
Music Director/Pianist
February 2021
La corona/Il Parnaso Confuso (Gluck)
Pacific Opera Project
Music Director/Conductor/Continuo, Arranger
November 2020
COVID fan tutte
Pacific Opera Project
Music Director/Conductor/Continuo, Arranger
November 2020
Recital with Gillian Riesen and John Riesen
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Recitalist
November 2020
The Magic Flute cond. Jane Glover (cancelled)
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach
April/May 2020
Recital with Jonathan Walker Van Kuren
Fort Worth Opera
Recitalist
February 2020
Aïda
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Dance Rehearsal Pianist
January/February 2020 | cond. Patrick Summers
HGO Emerging Artist Recital
Opera America
Recitalist
November 2019
Saul
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Organ Continuo, Dance Rehearsal Pianist
October/November 2019 | cond. Patrick Summers
Recital with Thomas Glass and Gabrielle Skinner
Nantucket Musical Arts Society
Recitalist
August 2019
Wozzeck
Des Moines Metro Opera
Principal Pianist/Coach, Pit Keyboards, Pianist/Coach for Apprentice Scenes
June/July 2019 | cond. David Neely
HGO Studio Recital
Rienzi Museum of Fine Arts
Recitalist
May 2019
Don Giovanni
Houston Grand Opera
Rehearsal Pianist, Assistant Pianist/Coach, Chorus Pianist
April/May 2019 | cond. Cristian Măcelaru
El milagro del recuerdo Workshop
Houston Grand Opera
Rehearsal and Performance Pianist
February 2019 | cond. David Hanlon
Florencia en el Amazonas
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Pit Keyboard, Dance Rehearsal Pianist
January/February 2019 | cond. Patrick Summers
La bohème
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Chorus Pianist
October/November 2018 | cond. James Lowe
The Cunning Little Vixen
The Glimmerglass Festival
Assistant Pianist/Coach
June-August 2018 | cond. Joseph Colaneri
Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Glimmerglass Festival
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Pre-show Lecturer
June-August 2018 | cond. Joseph Colaneri
Trouble in Tahiti
The Glimmerglass Festival
Performance Pianist
June-August 2018 | cond. Michelle Rofrano
Falstaff
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Pianist/Coach, Pre-show Lecturer
April/May 2018 | cond. David Neely
Gallantry/Trouble in Tahiti
Opera Santa Barbara
Music Director/Painist
April 2018
Il trionfo d'onore
Opera Memphis
Pianist/Coach
March/April 2018 | cond. Michael Sakir
901 Showcase
Opera Memphis
Formidable (Sankaram) and Pretty Little Room (Patterson) Rehearsal Pianist; Moving Up in the World (Redler) Rehearsal Pianist/Pit Keyboard
March/April 2018 | cond. Michael Sakir
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera Santa Barbara
Pianist/Coach, Continuo
February/March 2018 | cond. Kostis Protopapas
As One
Des Moines Metro Opera
Rehearsal Pianist
November 2017 | cond. Michael Sakir
Manon
Opera Santa Barbara
Pianist/Coach
October/November 2017 | cond. Kostis Protopapas
The Tender Land
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Pianist/Coach
October 2017 | cond. Steven Byess
Porgy and Bess
The Glimmerglass Festival
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Chorus Pianist, Pre-show Lecturer
June-August 2017 | cond. John DeMain
Oklahoma!
The Glimmerglass Festival
Assistant Pianist/Coach
June-August 2017 | cond. James Lowe
Scalia/Ginsburg
The Glimmerglass Festival
Rehearsal/Performance Pianist
June-August 2017 | cond. Jesse Leong
Tosca
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Pianist/Coach, Pre-show Lecturer
May 2017 | cond. Dean Williamson
Dead Man Walking
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Pianist/Coach, Pit Keyboard
February/March 2017 | cond. Steven Osgood
The Juliet Letters with the Fry Street Quartet
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Music Director/Coach
January 2017
Le nozze di Figaro
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Assistant Pianist/Coach
October/November 2016 | cond. Ryan McAdams
Hänsel und Gretel
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Assistant Pianist/Coach
September 2016 | cond. John Keenan
Manon
Des Moines Metro Opera
Assistant Pianist/Coach, Chorus Pianist
June/July 2016 | cond. David Neely
Galileo Galilei
Des Moines Metro Opera
Pianist/Coach, Pit Keyboard
June/July 2016 | cond. Michael Sakir
Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi
Opera Santa Barbara
Assistant Pianist/Coach
April 2016 | cond. Aaron Breid
L'elisir d'amore
Opera Santa Barbara
Assistant Pianist/Coach
February/March 2016 | cond. Leonardo Vordoni
Don Pasquale
Intermountain Opera Bozeman
Rehearsal Pianist
October 2015 | cond. Dean Williamson
La fanciulla del West
Des Moines Metro Opera
Chorus Pianist
June/July 2015 | cond. David Neely
La hija de Rappaccini
Des Moines Metro Opera
Pianist/Coach, Pit Keyboard
June/July 2015 | cond. Dean Williamson
Le nozze di Figaro
University of Kansas Opera
Rehearsal Pianist
April/May 2015 | cond. David Neely
Three Decembers
Des Moines Metro Opera
Rehearsal Pianist, Pit Keyboard
Decemer 2014 | cond. David Neely
The Boys From Syracuse
Kansas Repertory Theatre
Music Director/Conductor/Pianist
June/July 2014
The Rape of Lucretia
University of Kansas Opera
Rehearsal Pianist, Pit Keyboard
January 2014 | cond. David Neely
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Des Moines Metro Opera
Rehearsal Pianist, Pit Keyboard
December 2013 | cond. David Neely