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date = "2019-04-07T17:26:08+00:00"
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Canadian baritone Elliot Madore has been praised for his “movie star quality” (Merkur) and “exceptional” artistry (New York Times).

In the 2017-2018 season, he returns to the San Francisco Opera for the world premiere of John Adams’ _Girls of the Golden West_ directed by Peter Sellars and the Zurich Opera as Germano in _La scala di seta_. He will debut with the Berlin Philharmonic as The Cat/Grandfather Clock in _L’enfant et les sortilèges_ conducted by Seiji Ozawa, with the Bremen Kammerphilharmonie in _Pelléas et Melisande_ conducted by Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic singing Papageno’s arias with Gustavo Dudamel. He returns to the Tanglewood Music Festival to sing Bernstein’s _Songfest_ with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

In his signature role of Pelléas in _Pelléas et Melisande_, he made his Bayerische Staatsoper debut in a new production at the Prinzregententehater. He has also sung Pelléas with the Croatian National Opera in Stéphane Braunschweig’s famous production, with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra in a fully-staged production by Yuval Sharon, at Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges, and with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Mr. Madore made his Metropolitan Opera mainstage debut as Lysander in their original baroque fantasy _The Enchanted Island_ conducted by William Christie, as well as singing the Novice’s Friend in _Billy Budd_ as a member of Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Since then, he has appeared as Figaro in The Barber of Canadian baritone Elliot Madore has been praised for his “movie star quality” (Merkur) and “exceptional” artistry (New York Times).

Since then, he has appeared as Figaro in _The Barber of Seville_ and Mercutio in the new production of _Roméo et Juliette_ conducted by Gianandrea Noseda which was broadcast worldwide in HD. 

He made his San Francisco Opera debut as Anthony in _Sweeney Todd_ and returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Harlekin in _Ariadne auf Naxos_ under music director Kirill Petrenko with performances in Munich and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. He debuted at Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Belcore in _L’elisir d’amore_, Florida Grand Opera debut as Reinaldo Arenas in Jorge Martin’s _Before Night Falls_, and at the Santa Fe Opera as Mercutio in a new production of _Roméo et Juliette_ conducted by Harry Bicket. He also debuted at the Dutch National Opera as Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic in Laurent Pelly’s new production of Chabrier’s _L’étoile_ which was recorded for DVD.

He made his European operatic debut at the Glyndebourne Festival in a new production of _L’heure espagnole_ as Ramiro and _L’enfant et les sortilèges_ as The Cat/Grandfather Clock directed by Laurent Pelly and conducted by Kazushi Ono. He was also seen in this same Ravel double-bill at the Saito Kinen Festival conducted by Seiji Ozawa and directed by Laurent Pelly which recently won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. He made his Salzburg Festival debut as the Japanese Envoy in concert performances of Stravinsky’s _Le rossignol_ with Ivor Bolton and Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. At the Tanglewood Festival, Mr. Madore has been seen as Harlekin and the Music Master in _Ariadne auf Naxos_ under the baton of Christoph von Dohnányi. He returned to the Glyndebourne Festival as the title role in Mozart’s _Don Giovanni_, a role he also sang at Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and at the Tanglewood Festival. with James Levine. Elliot was a member of the ensemble at Opernhaus Zürich where he was seen as Valentin in a new production of _Faust_, Guglielmo in _Così fan tutte_ under Tomas Netopil, Schaunard in _La bohème_ conducted by Nello Santi, Andrei a new production of Peter Eötvös’s _Three Sisters_, Silvio in _Pagliacci_, Silvano in _Un ballo in maschera_ and Harlekin in _Ariadne auf Naxos_ under Fabio Luisi.

In concert, he opened the new Philharmonie Hall in Paris with Les Arts Florissants as Adario in Rameau’s _Les Indes galantes_ conducted by William Christie. He made his Baltimore Symphony debut with Marin Alsop in _Carmina Burana_, was heard in concert with Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in _L’heure espagnole_ and _L’enfant et les sortilèges_, and debuted with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in _Carmina Burana_ under music director Andrés Orozco-Estrada. He was heard in recital with the Cleveland Art Song Festival and with Music Toronto, which was broadcast on the CBC. Mr. Madore has also recently performed recitals in New York, Winnipeg, and Philadelphia. He made his Carnegie Hall recital debut at Weill Recital Hall as part of Marilyn Horne’s _The Song Continues_ series and performed a solo concert with the Edmonton Symphony in a program of opera arias and Lieder. His Canadian recital debut took place at the National Arts Centre in Canada which was recorded and broadcast on the CBC Radio Two’s "Next! Canada's Music Future" Series.

In addition to the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Mr. Madore was the recipient of the 2010 George London Award for a Canadian Singer from the George London Foundation, a finalist in the 2010 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers in Houston and the recipient of the ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award from Opera Canada. He was also the winner of the 2009 Palm Beach Vocal Competition. Elliot Madore is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Marlena Malas.