For his 2023 house début with Scottish Opera as Don José in Carmen, Indian-American tenor Alok Kumar is described by The Guardian as ‘a knockout… technically assured, his singing resonates with the raw pathos of a man on the edge – and his acting… equally compelling’ by Bachtrack as ‘a commanding presence with a depth and resounding resonance, exhilarating as he faced up Carmen at the end’ and The Spectator remarks ‘Kumar’s tenor is certainly ardent. There’s something in the way he socks those top notes towards the gods…’
