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Canadian opera singer
Elliot Madore |
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Madore outside the Santa Fe Opera, August 2016 |
Born | (1987-04-15) April 15, 1987 (age 37)
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Occupation | Operatic
baritone |
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Website |
elliotmadore.com |
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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.
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Career
In 2010, at the age of 22, he won the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
[4] He has 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
Tomáš Netopil, Schaunard in
La bohème conducted by
Nello Santi, Andrei in a new production of Péter Eötvös'
Tri sestry (Three Sisters), Silvio in
Pagliacci, Silvano in
Un ballo in maschera and Germano in
La scala di seta.
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[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.
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[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.
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[11] In 2017 season, he sang the role of Papageno in Scenes from
The Magic Flute with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic and returned to the San Francisco Opera singing the role of Ramon in the world premiere production of
Girls of the Golden West.
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[13] In 2018 season, he will sing the role of Le Chat in
L'enfant et les sortilèges at
Berlin Philharmonic.
[14] 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.
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[16] 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
Peter Sellars, 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. He has performed Carmina Burana with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival,
Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony, and
Colorado Symphony having previously sung it with the
Cleveland Orchestra.
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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.
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[19] His other awards include:
- 2009: Winner of the 2009 Palm Beach Vocal Competition
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- 2010: Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
- 2010: George London Award for best Canadian Singer
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- 2010: ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award from Opera Canada
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Repertoire (selection)
- Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni
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- Guglielmo in Così fan tutte
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- Belcore in L'elisir d'amore
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- Valentin in Faust
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- Figaro in The Barber of Seville
[5]
- Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos
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- Schaunard in La bohème
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- Silvio in Pagliacci
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- Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande
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- Papageno in Die Zauberflöte
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- Andrej in Drei Schwestern
[31]
- Ramiro in
L'heure espagnole
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- Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas
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Recordings
- Le chat and L'Horloge Comtoise in
L'enfant et les sortilèges with conductor
Seiji Ozawa, released 2015, Decca Classics.
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- The Shoe Salesman in Postcard from Morocco with conductor Rossen Milanov, released 2009, Albany Records.
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DVDs
- Ramiro in L'heure espagnole and L'Horloge Comtoise and Le chat with Kazushi Ono conducting, released 2013, Fra Musica.
[36]
- Lysander in
The Enchanted Island with
William Christie conducting, released 2012, Virgin Classics.
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References
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"Elliot Madore, baritone – Schedule".
Operabase.
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"Elliot Madore Biography – InstantEncore".
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"Local baritone Elliot Madore ready for the big leagues".
Toronto Star. March 28, 2010.
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Anthony Tommasini (March 16, 2010).
"A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met".
The New York Times.
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James R. Oestreich (December 18, 2015).
"Review: The Barber of Seville, Truncated and Energetic".
The New York Times.
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"Review: Searing Performances by Brian Mulligan and Stephanie Blythe for San Francisco Opera's First Sweeney Todd – September 12, 2015". September 14, 2015.
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"Faust – Performance". Operahouse Zürich.
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"Roméo et Juliette".
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"Metropolitan Opera – In Cinemas".
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"World premiere production of Pelléas and Mélisande".
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"Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Pelléas et Mélisande".
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"Mozart 1791: Scenes from The Magic Flute".
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"Girls of the Golden West".
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"Seiji Ozawa conducts Ravel's "L'Enfant et les sortilèges"".
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"La scala di seta".
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"Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen".
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"Columbia Artists — Elliot Madore".
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"58th Annual Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees". April 30, 2017.
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"Review".
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"South Florida Classical Review – Canadian soprano nabs top prize in Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition".
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"Competition". Archived from
the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
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"This Week in Toronto (Dec. 6 – 12) – my/maSCENA". December 5, 2010.
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"Glyndebourne 2014: Don Giovanni, review: 'gripping'".
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"Così fan tutte – Performance – Operahouse Zürich".
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^ Portner, Alan.
"BWW Review: The Elixir of Love at Lyric Opera Of Kansas City".
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"Ariadne auf Naxos".
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"Review: Opera Colorado's La bohème opener solid, too conventional".
The Denver Post. November 8, 2010.
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"Zürich: Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci, 09.01.2013".
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"Pelléas et Mélisande". Bayerische Staatsoper.
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"Seattle Opera's 2016-17 season features premieres, new voices". January 3, 2016.
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^ Ziegler, Michelle (March 11, 2013).
"Drei Schwestern von Peter Eötvös am Opernhaus Zürich: Die Zeit bleibt stehen" – via NZZ.
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"Review".
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"Dido and Aeneas".
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"RAVEL L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / Ozawa – 1 CD". www.deccaclassics.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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"Argento: Postcard From Morocco / Milanov, Et Al – Albany Records: TROY1098/99". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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"L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges". cultura.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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"The Enchanted Island / Christie, DiDonato, De Nies ... – Erato: 5099940424996". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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