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Elliot Madore (born April 15, 1987) is a Canadian
lyric baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "low sounding". Composers typically writ ...
with an international operatic career.


Early life and education

Madore graduated from the
Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...
's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and received both his
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degree in Opera and
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degree in Voice from the
Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on a full scholarshi ...
in Philadelphia.


Career

In 2010, at the age of 22, he won the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (formerly the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions) is an annual singing competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera. Established in 1954, its purpose is to discover, assist ...
. He has since performed at the Metropolitan Opera,
Zürich Opera House The Zurich Opera House () is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. It is also home to Ballett Zürich. I ...
,
San Francisco Opera The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California. History Gaetano Merola (1923–1953) Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 wh ...
,
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, e ...
,
Bavarian State Opera The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...
, the
Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto The , formerly known as the , is an annual classical music, classical music festival held in August and September in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, founded in 1992 by conductor Seiji Ozawa. The festival's resident orchestra is the renowned Saito Kinen O ...
and the
Dutch National Opera The Dutch National Opera (DNO; formerly De Nederlandse Opera, now De Nationale Opera in Dutch) is a Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Dutch National Opera & Ballet housed in the Stopera building, a m ...
. In December 2015 he sang the title role of Figaro in ''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'' at the Metropolitan Opera. In September 2015 he made his San Francisco Opera debut singing Anthony in ''
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''. 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 (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' with
Tomáš Netopil Tomáš Netopil (born 18 July 1975) is a Czech conductor. He conducted the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 and made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in May 2006. In 2006, he also conducted at the Salzburg Festival and l'Orche ...
, Schaunard in ''
La bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...
'' conducted by
Nello Santi Nello Santi (22 September 1931 – 6 February 2020) was an Italian conductor. He was associated with the Zürich Opera House for six decades, and was a regular conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He was focused on Italian reper ...
, Andrei in a new production of Péter Eötvös' ''
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'' (''Three Sisters''), Silvio in ''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'', Silvano in '' Un ballo in maschera'' and Germano in ''
La scala di seta ''La scala di seta'' (''The Silken Ladder'' or ''Die seidene Leiter'') is an operatic '' farsa comica'' in one act by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. Adapted from ''L'Échelle de soie'' by François-Antonine-Eugène de ...
''. In 2016 he will return to the Metropolitan Opera singing the role of Mercutio in ''
Roméo et Juliette ''Roméo et Juliette'' (, ''Romeo and Juliet'') is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on ''Romeo and Juliet'' by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Ly ...
'' 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 The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the " Big Five". T ...
and at the
Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...
. In 2017 season, he sang the role of Papageno in Scenes from ''
The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on ...
'' with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra holds a regular concert season from October until June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from ...
and returned to the San Francisco Opera singing the role of Ramon in the world premiere production of '' Girls of the Golden West''. In 2018 season, he will sing the role of Le Chat in ''
L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first b ...
'' at
Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...
. Also in the 2018 season, he returned to Opernhaus Zürich as Germano in ''La scala di seta'' and appeared as Pelléas in ''Pelléas et Mélisande'' at
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (''unofficial English translation'': Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic) is a chamber orchestra based in Bremen (Germany), with place of residence in the historical building Stadtwaage. History A group of ...
. In 2018–2019, Elliot Madore returned to the Dutch National Opera in the European premiere of John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West directed by
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, a role he premiered at the San Francisco Opera. He also returned to the Zurich Opera in a new production of Sweeney Todd as Anthony Hope and debuts as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia at
Manitoba Opera Manitoba Opera is a full-time professional opera company in Winnipeg, Manitoba, based at the Centennial Concert Hall. Founded in 1969, Manitoba Opera is one of several Western Canada, western Canadian opera companies that flourished under the so- ...
. He has performed Carmina Burana with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival,
Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony The Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony (KWS) is an orchestra based in the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Its home venue is located at Centre In The Square in Kitchener, Ontario. The orchestra consists of 52 professional musici ...
, and
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having previously sung it with the
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.


Awards

In 2016 Madore won a
Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
singing the roles of Le chat and L'Horloge Comtoise in ''
L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first b ...
'' under the direction of
Seiji Ozawa was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After cond ...
. His other awards include: * 2009: Winner of the 2009 Palm Beach Vocal Competition * 2010: Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions * 2010: George London Award for best Canadian Singer * 2010: ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award from Opera Canada


Repertoire (selection)

* Don Giovanni in ''Don Giovanni'' * Guglielmo in ''Così fan tutte'' * Belcore in ''L'elisir d'amore'' * Valentin in ''Faust'' * Figaro in ''The Barber of Seville'' * Harlequin in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' * Schaunard in ''La bohème'' * Silvio in ''Pagliacci'' * Pelléas in ''Pelléas et Mélisande'' * Papageno in ''Die Zauberflöte'' * Andrej in ''Drei Schwestern'' * Ramiro in ''
L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same name The opera, s ...
'' * Aeneas in ''Dido and Aeneas''


Recordings

* Le chat and L'Horloge Comtoise in ''
L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first b ...
'' with conductor
Seiji Ozawa was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After cond ...
, released 2015, Decca Classics. * The Shoe Salesman in Postcard from Morocco with conductor Rossen Milanov, released 2009, Albany Records.


DVDs

* Ramiro in ''L'heure espagnole'' and L'Horloge Comtoise and Le chat with Kazushi Ono conducting, released 2013, Fra Musica. * Lysander in '' The Enchanted Island'' with William Christie conducting, released 2012, Virgin Classics.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madore, Elliot Curtis Institute of Music alumni Grammy Award winners 1987 births Living people Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Canadian operatic baritones 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singers