Elliot Madore

Elliot Madore
Madore outside the Santa Fe Opera, August 2016
Background information
Born	April 15, 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	opera
Occupation(s)	Operatic baritone
Website	elliotmadore.com

Elliot Madore (born April 15, 1987) is a Canadian lyric baritone with an international operatic career.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

Career

In 2010, at the age of 22, he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.^[4] 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.^[1] In December 2015 he sang the title role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera.^[5] In September 2015 he made his San Francisco Opera debut singing Anthony in Sweeney Todd.^[6] 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.^[1][7] 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.^[8][9] 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.^[10][11]

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.^[12][13] His other awards include:

• 2010: Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
• 2010: George London Award for best Canadian Singer ^[14]
• 2010: ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award from Opera Canada ^[15]
• 2009: Winner of the 2009 Palm Beach Vocal Competition ^[16]

Repertoire (selection)

• Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni ^[17]
• Guglielmo in Così fan tutte ^[18]
• Belcore in L'elisir d'amore ^[19]
• Valentin in Faust ^[7]
• Figaro in The Barber of Seville ^[5]
• Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos ^[20]
• Schaunard in La bohème ^[21]
• Silvio in Pagliacci ^[22]
• Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande ^[23]
• Papageno in Die Zauberflöte ^[24]
• Andrej in Drei Schwestern ^[25]
• Ramiro in L'heure espagnole ^[26]
• Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas ^[27]

Recordings

• Le chat and L’Horloge Comtoise in L'enfant et les sortilèges with conductor Seiji Ozawa, released 2015, Decca Classics.^[28]
• The Shoe Salesman in Postcard from Morocco with conductor Rossen Milanov, released 2009, Albany Records.^[29]

DVDs

• Ramiro in L'heure espagnole and L’Horloge Comtoise et Le chat with Kazushi Ono conducting, released 2013, Fra Musica.^[30]
• Lysander in The Enchanted Island with William Christie conducting, released 2012, Virgin Classics.^[31]

References

1. "Elliot Madore, baritone :: Schedule".
2. "Elliot Madore Biography - InstantEncore".
3. "Local baritone Elliot Madore ready for the big leagues - Toronto Star".
4. "A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met". The New York Times. 16 March 2010.
5. "Review: 'The Barber of Seville,' Truncated and Energetic". The New York Times. 18 December 2015.
6. "Review: Searing Performances by Brian Mulligan and Stephanie Blythe for San Francisco Opera's First "Sweeney Todd" – September 12, 2015". 14 September 2015.
7. www.update.ch, update AG,. "Faust - Performance - Operahouse Zurich".
8. "Roméo et Juliette".
9. "Metropolitan Opera - In Cinemas".
10. "World premiere production of Pelléas and Mélisande".
11. "Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Pelléas et Mélisande".
12. "58th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees".
13. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/ravel-l’enfant-et-les-sortilèges-shéhérazade
14. "Competition".
15. "This Week in Toronto (Dec. 6 - 12) - my/maSCENA". 5 December 2010.
16. "South Florida Classical Review » » Canadian soprano nabs top prize in Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition".
17. "Glyndebourne 2014: Don Giovanni, review: 'gripping'".
18. www.update.ch, update AG,. "Così fan tutte - Performance - Operahouse Zurich".
19. Portner, Alan. "BWW Review: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE at Lyric Opera Of Kansas City".
20. Staatsoper, Bayerische. "Ariadne auf Naxos".
21. "Review: Opera Colorado's "La Bohème" opener solid, too conventional – The Denver Post".
22. "Zürich: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI, 09.01.2013".
23. Staatsoper, Bayerische. "Pelléas et Mélisande".
24. "Seattle Opera's 2016-17 season features premieres, new voices". 3 January 2016.
25. Ziegler, Michelle (11 March 2013). ""Drei Schwestern" von Peter Eötvös am Opernhaus Zürich: Die Zeit bleibt stehen" – via NZZ.
26. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/ravel-l’enfant-et-les-sortilèges-l’heure-espagnole
27. "Dido and Aeneas".
28. "RAVEL L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / Ozawa - 1 CD / Download - Achetez maintenant". www.deccaclassics.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
29. "Argento: Postcard From Morocco / Milanov, Et Al - Albany Records: TROY1098/99 | Buy from ArkivMusic". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
30. "L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE/L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES". cultura.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
31. "The Enchanted Island / Christie, DiDonato, De Nies ... - Erato: 5099940424996 | Buy from ArkivMusic". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.