Joseph Kaiser is a Canadian operatic tenor. In 2005, he won second prize in Plácido Domingo's Operalia International Opera Competition while competing as a baritone. The judges were keen to his talents and potential as a tenor, and proposed that he make the switch to tenor. He has performed as a soloist with the New York Metropolitan Opera, making his debut in October 2007 as Roméo in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. In November he returned to the Met sing the role of Tamino Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Kaiser was also an anthem singer at the Bell Centre in Montreal.