Performance Year: 2025
Rising dramatic tenor Limmie Pulliam has thrilled audiences with his captivating stage presence and his “stentorian, yet beautiful,” sound. The Missouri native trained with the late renowned pedagogue Richard Miller. He is also a former participant in the young artist programs of Cleveland Opera, Opera Delaware and Opera Memphis. He was the 2012 Artist Division Winner of the National Opera Association’s Vocal Competition and was a winner in the 3rd Annual Concorso Internazionale di Canto della Fondazione Marcello Giordano in Catania, Sicily in 2013.
The 2024/25 Season will feature a combination of returns and debuts for Pulliam, including his role and house debut as Samson in Samson et Dalila with New Orleans Opera, his return to the Cleveland Orchestra for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, and his house debut with Austin Opera as tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem. He returns to the role of Radamès in Aida for concert performances with both Arizona Opera and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Limmie Pulliam will also make his role debut as Calaf in Turandot for a special benefit concert for University of Houston’s Moore School of Music.
In 2022, Pulliam made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Radamès in Aida, which also served as his role debut. He later performed Radamès with Tulsa Opera for their 75th anniversary gala concert. Pulliam also returned to The Cleveland Orchestra for his first performances as Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La fanciulla del West. In concert, he debuted with the San Diego Symphony singing Verdi’s Requiem, and made his Carnegie Hall debut performing The Ordering of Moses in collaboration with Oberlin Conservatory, his alma mater. He joined pianist Mark Markham in recital with the Nashville Symphony and Delta Symphony, and closed the season with the Ojai Festival, presenting selections from Rhiannon Giddens’ critically-acclaimed new opera, Omar.
An in-demand concert artist, he made a much-anticipated return appearance with Vashon Opera, where he was featured in a sold-out “Limmie Pulliam & Friends” concert. Pulliam has also been featured in numerous appearances with the internationally renowned chorale Gloriae Dei Cantores, as tenor soloist (Ahab/Obadiah) in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and in concerts featuring Intimations of Immortality and For St. Cecelia by Gerald Finzi. Additionally, he appeared as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Forum Sinfonia Orchestra of Finland, soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the San Angelo Symphony, and was a featured soloist on The American Spiritual Ensemble’s 2013 Winter Tour.
