Key’mon Murrah

Countertenor Key’mon Murrah, praised for his “resplendent, voluptuous tone throughout his enormous range and phrasing with the feel of fine silk” (Opera News), continues to rise as one of the most sought-after countertenors of his generation.

In the 2025–26 season, Murrah returns to the role of Leonardo in El último sueño de Frida y Diego for his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut, appears with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra to reprise Earth 2.0, joins the Dallas Symphony for the world premiere of Angelica Negron’s For everything you keep losing, and will tour with the European baroque ensemble I Gemelli.

In the 2024–25 season, Murrah debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl under Gustavo Dudamel in Chichester Psalms, sang Sesto in Giulio Cesare at Opéra National Capitole in Toulouse and Sifare in Mitridate at Opéra Montpellier, led by Philippe Jaroussky. He appeared at the Kennedy Center as the 2024 Marian Anderson Award recipient, performed the world premiere of Earth 2.0 by Jake Heggie with Fort Worth and Grand Rapids Symphonies, sang Arbace in Artaserse with Haymarket Opera, and premiered a new work by Christopher Theofanidis at the Aspen Music Festival.

In the 2023–24 season, he made debuts with the Metropolitan Opera in El Niño, Los Angeles Opera in El último sueño de Frida y Diego, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in Giulio Cesare. Previous appearances include Dido and Aeneas at Bayerische Staatsoper, Xerxes at Detroit Opera, and the title role in Orfeo ed Euridice at Seattle Opera.

Murrah is the 2023 First Prize winner of the Giulio Gari Competition and a 2021 Operalia Finalist.