Costa Rican baritone, Kevin Godínez has quickly established himself as a multifaceted and award-winning singer. Known for the expressive color of his sound and captivating stage presence (Parterre Box), Mr. Godínez has won awards in the Linus Lerner International Singing Competition (3rd Prize), Giargiari Bel Canto Competition (2nd Prize), Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition (2nd Prize), the Cooper-Bing Competition (3rd Prize and Audience Prize) and most recently the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition 2024 (2nd Prize, at the Great Lakes Region).

His roles include Ford (in Verdi’s Falstaff), Tarquinius (in Britten’s The rape of Lucretia) Silvio (in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci), Peter (in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel), Don Giovanni and Masetto (in Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Marcello and Schaunard (in Puccini’s La bohème), Gianni Schicchi (in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi), Conte d’Almaviva (in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro), Dottore Malatesta (in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale), Giorgio Germont (in Verdi’s La traviata).

Kevin joined the Merola Opera Program in the summer (2023) in San Francisco, California. In Nov 2023 he was a finalist in the Jette Parker Young Artist Program at the Royal Opera House, in London, and most recently will compete in the prestigious IX Mirjam Helin Competition, in Finland in the summer 2024.

A current fourth-year Resident Artist at The Academy of Vocal Arts, Mr. Godínez studies with the voice teacher and baritone Luis Ledesma. Previous teachers include Rafael Saborío, Massimo Pezzutti and soprano Maria Russo.