Elijah McCormack

Elijah McCormack, male soprano, has garnered critical praise for his “powerful” delivery and “expressive sophistication” (Dallas Morning News). He was most recently featured in Arkansas Baroque Music's inaugural season, and has also performed as a soloist in the Dallas Bach Society's St. John Passion and the Washington Bach Consort's Christmas Oratorio. Last Summer he appeared as a young artist at the American Bach Soloists Academy, where he performed works by Handel, Buxtehude, Lotti, and Bach, most notably the role of Erato in Handel's Terpsicore; he was also featured as a young artist at the Boston Early Music Festival, where he sang works by Agostino Steffani. In his two years at Indiana University, he sang roles in Giulio Cesare (Tolomeo) and Hansel and Gretel (Dewman), and also appeared as a soprano soloist in the Historical Performance Institute's performance of Bach's St. John Passion directed by John Butt. Outside of the Jacobs School, he has sung roles in Handel's Alcina (Oberto), Cavalli's Didone (Amore), Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), and The Turn of the Screw (Miles). He has received a Judges' Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and at the Connecticut Heida Hermanns Competition, and most recently performed as one of 12 semifinalists in Le Poéme Harmonique's Corneille Competition in Rouen, France. He completed his Master's degree in voice at Indiana University's Historical Performance Institute in May 2019, where he studied with Steven Rickards. He graduated from Skidmore College in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art, having also studied voice with Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins and made his role debut as Arsamenes in Handel's Serse.

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