Genres opera Website elliotmadore.com | Occupation(s) Operatic baritone Genre Opera | |
Born April 15, 1987 (age 29)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( 1987-04-15 ) Similar Vittorio Grigolo, Gianandrea Noseda, Diana Damrau, Brandon Jovanovich, Michael Fabiano |
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Elliot Madore (born April 15, 1987) is a Canadian lyric baritone with an international operatic career.
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Early life and education
Madore graduated from the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and received both his Master of Music degree in Opera and Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Career
In 2010, at the age of 22, he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He's since performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Zürich Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bavarian State Opera, the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto and the Dutch National Opera. In December 2015 he sang the title role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera. In September 2015 he made his San Francisco Opera debut singing Anthony in Sweeney Todd. As a member of the ensemble with Opernhaus Zürich (2012-2014), he appeared as Valentin in a new production of Faust, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Tomas Netopil, Schaunard in La bohème conducted by Nello Santi, Andrei in a new production of Péter Eötvös’ Three Sisters, Silvio in Pagliacci, Silvano in Un ballo in maschera and Germano in La scala di seta. In 2016 he will return to the Metropolitan Opera singing the role of Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette which will be aired live in cinemas. Also in 2016 he will sing the title role of Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande with both the Cleveland Orchestra and at the Sydney Opera House.
Awards
In 2016 Madore won a Grammy Award singing the roles of Le chat and L’Horloge Comtoise in L'enfant et les sortilèges under the direction of Seiji Ozawa. His other awards include: