KYLE NAIG
CONDUCTOR | PIANIST | COACH | ARRANGER
25
26
Kyle "conducts with flair from the harpsichord" (LA Times) with companies including Opera Montana (Cendrillon), Pocket Opera (Tartuffe), Central City Opera (in concert), Pacific Opera Project (Fra Diavolo), and El Paso Opera (La bohème). He is cover conductor with Houston Grand Opera twice this season, first for Messiah (cond. Patrick Summers) and then for Il barbiere di Siviglia (cond. Gemma New).
2025/26 Season
Tartuffe
POCKET OPERA | MAY-JUNE 2025
Conductor and Music Director
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Once Upon a Mattress
CENTRAL CITY OPERA | JUNE-JULY 2025
Cover Conductor and Keyboards
cond. Kelly Kuo
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Opera's Greatest Hits
CENTRAL CITY OPERA | JULY 2025
Conductor
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Cinderella (Viardot, orch. Hanlon)
OPERA MONTANA | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2025
Conductor
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Fra Diavolo (Auber)
PACIFIC OPERA PROJECT | NOVEMBER 2025
Conductor
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La bohème
EL PASO OPERA | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2026
Conductor
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Messiah
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA | APRIL-MAY 2026
Cover Conductor
cond. Patrick Summers
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Il barbiere di Siviglia
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA | APRIL-MAY 2026
Cover Conductor
cond. Gemma New
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"The chorus members contributed a similarly riotous energy... And the orchestra, led by conductor Kyle Naig, [produced] a warmly supportive and nimble sound."
- San Francisco Classical Voice | Il barbiere di Siviglia 2023
PAST
SEASONS
Kyle has worked as a conductor, pianist, coach, and arranger throughout the United States, at companies including Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and The Glimmerglass Festival.
