Kirk Redmann

Who is Kirk Redmann?

Kirk Redmann is an American operatic tenor, and the son of Audrey Schuh and Kerry P. Redmann.

Born in New Orleans, he graduated from Jesuit High School in 1979 and then from Tulane University, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While there, he participated in productions of The Saint of Bleecker Street, La rondine, and the role of Camille in The Merry Widow for Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre.

On December 24, 1983, three days before his twenty-second birthday, Redmann became the youngest tenor to debut with the Metropolitan Opera, as the Sailor in the Christmas Eve broadcast of Tristan und Isolde, conducted by James Levine. Brought to the Met by Fulton, he joined the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artist Development Program, and was also seen in Manon Lescaut, Khovanshchina, La traviata, Roméo et Juliette, Samson et Dalila, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, Turandot, and finally, Samson et Dalila.