Kyle Naig is a conductor, pianist, and coach from Des Moines, Iowa. He is a recent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, where he worked on productions of Aïda, Saul, Don Giovanni, Florencia en el Amazonas, and La bohème. Kyle spent his 2022/23 season conducting and music directing L'elisir d'amore (Pacific Opera Project), Into the Woods (Intermountain Opera Bozeman), and The Marriage Contract/Gianni Schicchi (Opera Orlando). Creating a new arrangement of Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte, he music directed, conducted, and played the harpsichord in the piece's US premiere with Pacific Opera Project this January. Also this season, he was the principal pianist/coach/backstage conductor for Carmen at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and debuted with Florentine Opera in recital with Duke Kim, tenor. In the summer of 2021, Kyle was Associate Conductor for Sweeney Todd at Des Moines Metro Opera, and in 2020 he led a double bill of Gluck operas as well as a new arrangement of Così fan tutte from the harpsichord for Pacific Opera Project. He has appeared as music staff at many American opera companies, including The Dallas Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Glimmerglass Festival, North Carolina Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Memphis, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, and Cedar Rapids Opera. He also maintains an active schedule as a recitalist and an arranger.