Performance Year: 2026
Baritone Alexander Birch Elliott continues to garner praise for his “heated intensity and beguiling timbre of mahogany” (New York Times). Alexander made an exciting role debut with Houston Grand Opera last season as Captain Von Trapp in the beloved The Sound of Music. He also returned to The Metropolitan Opera, singing Papageno in the holiday presentation of The Magic Flute and covering Schaunard in La bohème. The baritone also made two notable role returns, singing Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Arizona Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with New Orleans Opera.
Alexander began the 2022-23 season with an anticipated role and house debut as Enrico in Simon Stone’s production of Lucia de Lammermoor with Los Angeles Opera. In December 2022, he returned to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Great Mass and Handel’s Messiah, while the spring of 2023 brought a return to the Metropolitan Opera to cover both the title role in Don Giovanni and Schaunard in La bohème.
Recent seasons have seen major debuts for Alexander, including at both The Metropolitan Opera and Houston Grand Opera, singing the role of Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra in Elgar’s The Kingdom, as well as with New York’s PROTOTYPE Festival as Lucifer in Rev 23, directed by James Darrah and conducted by Daniela Candillari. He also returned to Tulsa Opera for performances of Escamillo in Carmen, as well as to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Don Fernando in Fidelio. A proponent of contemporary works, he appeared as John Brooke in Little Women with Madison Opera and Annapolis Opera, Edward Kynaston in Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players with the Florida State Opera, and covered the role of Doug Hansen in Joby Talbot’s Everest at Dallas Opera.
A frequent performer on concert stages around the United States, Alexander made his debut with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra for Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and returned to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in performances as Brander in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner’s Te Deum. Alexander has appeared with The Knights for Master Peter’s Puppet Show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Marcello in La bohème and Escamillo in Carmen with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Marcello with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Papageno with the Orlando Philharmonic, and as a soloist in Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s St. John’s Passion with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Alexander is a graduate of the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera and was a young artist with Portland Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Tulsa Opera. He is the recipient of the 2013 John Moriarty Award for his outstanding contribution to Central City Opera. A native of Florence, South Carolina, Alexander attended Florida State University where he studied with David Okerlund.
