Elijah McCormack

Praised for his “cool control and warmth of tone” (Washington Post), Elijah McCormack is a male soprano performing both operatic and concert repertoire. He specializes in early music, with frequent forays into new music. He has appeared with esteemed ensembles including Seraphic Fire, The Crossing, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Washington Bach Consort, American Bach Soloists, American Classical Orchestra, Ensemble Altera, Dallas Bach Society, Ars Lyrica Houston, Harmonia Stellarum Houston, ChamberQUEER, and ANIMA Early Music. His operatic roles include: Cupid/Valletto in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with both Haymarket Opera Company and INSeries; Telemachus in Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses, also with INSeries; Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Opera Lafayette; Miles in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with IlluminArts Miami; and Bell[x] Cohen in the world premiere of Benjamin P. Wenzelberg’s NIGHTTOWN at Lowell House Opera.

Elijah has performed as a soloist in major works including Bach’s St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and B Minor Mass, as well as Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Pärt’s Passio, Buxtehude’s Jesu Membra Nostri, and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, among others. He is featured as a soloist on Ensemble Altera’s 2024 debut album, The Lamb’s Journey. In 2023, he made his European debut as the soprano soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany. Elijah’s Awards include first prize and audience favorite in Madison, Wisconsin’s Handel Aria Competition (2024) and second prize in the Oratorio Society of New York’s Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition (2023). He holds a Master’s degree in Historical Performance from Indiana University, where he studied with Steven Rickards.

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