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Jeffrey Grant Kitto was
most recently seen creating the role of
Manus Duggan in the world premiere of No
Greater Love in Butte, Montana. Before that,
he performed the roles of Calaf in Turandot
for the Rimrock Opera, Don Jose in Carmen’s
Tragedy (as well as directing) for the Nova
Center for the Performing Arts, and Frederic
in Pirates of Penzance for The Glacier
Symphony. Previous recent engagements
include The Duke in Rigoletto, Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly , Ferrando in Cosi fan
Tutte, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don Jose in
Carmen, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Nemorino in
L’Elisir d’Amore, and Rinuccio in Gianni
Schicchi. Jeffrey has most recently
performed with the Mendocino Summer Festival
Opera, Intermountain Opera, Spokane Opera,
Montana Lyric Opera, Oregon Lyric Opera, the
Great Falls Symphony, the Glacier Symphony,
and the Helena Symphony.
A multiple
recipient of The Metropolitan Opera
Auditions National Council Awards as well as
a past winner of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing Artist Award, Mr. Kitto
completed his bachelor’s degree in music
from Montana State University.
Jeffrey’s concert
experience includes engagements with the
Blue Lake Symphony in Michigan, Northwest
Symphony, Glacier Symphony, Billings
Symphony, Spokane Opera, Helena Symphony,
Sweet Pea Summer Festival, and Great Falls
Symphony among others. His most recent work
includes Haydn’s Mass in Time of War,
Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass, Mozart’s Requiem,
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia and 9th
Symphony, Orff’s Carmina Burana, J.S. Bach’s
Actus Tragicus, Ralph Vaughn Williams Hodie,
and Spokane Opera’s “Hot August Night”
concert series. Jeffrey was a founding
member of national recording artists, The
Clintons, with whom he performed, toured,
and helped release four albums including the
release of the album “Who Invited Roger”
which was met with independent acclaim
throughout the northwest.