Praised by the Miami Herald for his “penetrating tenor,” Justin Kroll is a focused singer

who combines an exciting instrument with radiant musicality and an undeniable stage

presence.

Justin is currently a member of the Filstrup Resident Artist Company with Tulsa Opera 

where he recently covered and performed the role of Don José in La tragédie de Carmen.

The 2024/2025 season is an exciting one for Justin, including several role and house

debuts. Making a company debut with Landlocked Opera, Justin debuted the role of

Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Also making a company debut with Winter Opera Saint Louis, Justin debuted the role of Lord Riccardo Percy in Donizetti’s Anna

Bolena. Justin will also be seen in concert with the Southern Arizona Symphony

Orchestra performing operatic arias and ensembles, as the tenor soloist in Dvořák’s

Stabat Mater with Tulsa Opera, and with Orpheus Chamber Singers of Dallas, Texas at

the 2025 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association.

Other recent performances include appearances with Opera Idaho, as a 2022/2023

Emerging Artist in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi’s Macbeth, and Dvořák’s Rusalka;

Central City Opera, as a 2022 Bonfils-Stanton Apprentice Artist in Adam Guettel’s The

Light in the Piazza, and Strauss’s Die Fledermaus; Geneva Light Opera in Donizetti’s

L’elisir d’amore, Madison Opera in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Madison Symphony Orchestra

in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Painted Sky Opera of Oklahoma City in Haydn’s La

Canterina and Puccini’s Tosca. Justin has also been seen as the tenor soloist in

Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil with Orpheus Chamber Singers.

In competition, Justin was the 4th Place winner in the 39th Annual Palm Springs Opera

Guild of the Desert Competition in Palm Springs, California; the 3rd Place winner in the

Texoma Region of the NATS Artist Awards Competition; as well as a semi-finalist for the

2024 Heartland Sings Competition in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 2024 D’Angelo Young Artist

Competition at Opera Tampa, and the 2023 Rochester International Voice Competition.

Justin has also represented the United States in competitions abroad – winning both the

Dr. Roselia Reimer Duersken prize and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra prize at

the 8th Linus Lerner International Voice Competition in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and

as a quarterfinalist at the 6th UNISA (University of South Africa) International Voice

Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.

A native Texan, Justin holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance from

the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also holds the Master of Music degree in Voice

Performance, and the Bachelor of Music degree in Music History & Literature, both fromBaylor University, as well as an Associate of Arts degree in Music from #McLennan

Community College. Justin is currently Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Opera

Workshop at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and maintains

professional memberships in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the

American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), and the National Opera Association (NOA).