Kevin Maynor

{{short description|American opera singer}}

Kevin Maynor is an American opera singer. In 1985, Maynor made his debut with the New York City Opera.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10114626 |title=Kevin Maynor at the Holy Trinity Cathedral - Life & Style - NZ Herald News |publisher=Nzherald.co.nz |date= 2005-03-11|access-date=2013-11-05}}

Maynor has sung with the Lyric Opera of Chicago,[http://www.nytimes/1998/09/26/arts/city-opera-review-new-voices-take-on-evergreen-rossini.html] {{dead link|date=November 2013}} the Scottish Opera, the Opera National du Rhin, Opera Company of Boston, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh opera, and the Dallas Opera. As a bass singer,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/16/arts/review-music-the-struggles-of-a-black-leader-in-old-america.html |title=Review Music; The Struggles Of a Black Leader In Old America|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1991-04-16 |access-date=2013-11-05 |first=Bernard |last=Holland}} Maynor has sung at Carnegie Hall,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/arts/music/25hono.html|title=Song Tributes to Artists Who Broke Down Barriers|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Steve Smith|access-date=2013-11-05|date=2009-03-25}} and the Metropolitan Opera House in L'enfant et les Sortilege by Maurice Ravel. Maynor was an apprentice artist at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow in 1979.{{cite web|title=Black History Month Special: Opera Star Kevin Maynor|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/1458557431001/ |access-date=October 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012238/http://video.foxnews.com/v/1458557431001/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}

Maynor has recorded with Telarc, Qualiton, Guild, Sony Music Beijing,{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id...cid=1802|title=WantChinaTimes.com|publisher=WantChinaTimes.com|access-date=2013-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012151/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id...cid=1802#|archive-date=2013-11-05|url-status=dead}} New World Records and Fleur de son. Maynor has been called "a super voice".{{cite web|url=http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/f/fds57929a.php |title=Classical Net Review - Paul Robeson Remembered |publisher=Classical.net |access-date=2013-11-05}} The singer was praised{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/theater/reviews/23robe.html|title=A One-Man Musical Journey in a Tortured Giant's Shadow|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Ann Midgette|access-date=2013-11-05|date=2005-11-23}} for his beautifully resonant tone.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-9050/ |title=KEVIN MAYNOR-FROM ANOTHER AMERICAN - Classics TodayClassics Today |publisher=Classicstoday.com |access-date=2013-11-05}} He has sung pieces by Verdi and Mozart and was often recognized{{cite web|url=http://njtheatrealliance.org |title=Welcome to the New Jersey Theatre Alliance |publisher=Njtheatrealliance.org |access-date=2013-11-05}} from being cast in Wagner's Ring Cycle (Scottish Opera, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Dallas opera, Lyric Opera Austin).{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2000-03-17/76239 |title=Review: Aida: Outmatched by the Set - Arts |publisher=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=2013-11-05}}

Maynor is resident of Trilogy: An Opera Company, in Newark, New Jersey.