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Rising dramatic tenor Limmie Pulliam has thrilled audiences with his captivating stage presence and his “stentorian, yet beautiful,” sound.

The 2025-26 season features a combination of exciting debuts and returns for Mr. Pulliam, including his role debut as Florestan in Fidelio with Utah Opera. The tenor returns to the Cleveland Orchestra for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Franz Welser-Möst and makes his debut with the Dallas Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 under the baton of Fabio Luisi. His recital engagements include appearances with the Exeter Academy, Baltimore Community Concerts, Manchester UMC, and the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers at Ithaca College, and in concert he joins the Jacksonville Symphony at the Kravis Center, the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges in Guadeloupe for excerpts of Pagliacci, and he sings the Verdi Requiem with the Memphis Symphony.

Last season, Limmie Pulliam made an anticipated role debut as Calaf in Turandot for a special benefit concert for University of Houston’s Moore School of Music, followed by further performances of the role in his debut with the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Søndergård. Also on the symphonic stage, he debuted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as Radamès in Aida led by Music Director Jonathan Heyward and collaborated again with Yannick Nézét-Seguin in his debut with the Orchestre Métropolitain for Bruckner’s Te Deum. Elsewhere during the season, he made his role and house debut as Samson in Samson et Dalila with New Orleans Opera, house debuts with Austin Opera for Verdi’s Requiem and Arizona Opera as Radamès in Aida, and he returned to Oberlin Conservatory for special performances of Rhiannon Giddens’ Omar.









During the 2023-2024 season, the tenor made his European debut with the Gewandhaus Orchester as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, continuing his collaboration with Maestro Franz Welser-Möst. In the States, Mr. Pulliam debuted the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca with Madison Opera and returned to the role of Canio in Pagliacci in his company debut with Florida Grand Opera. While in Florida, he also made his debut with the New World Symphony for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Other concert appearances during the season include holiday concerts with the Madison Symphony, and a “Best of Verdi” concert with the Lubbock Symphony.

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. Mr. Pulliam also returned to The Cleveland Orchestra for his first performances as Dick Johnson in Puccini's La fanciulla del West, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. 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.

Mr. Pulliam’s 2021-2022 season included his company and role debut with Los Angeles Opera as Manrico in Il Trovatore. He additionally made two significant orchestra debuts, singing the title role in Otello with The Cleveland Orchestra and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézét-Seguin. He also appeared in concert with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City for a night of operatic greatest hits, and the Memphis Symphony for their rescheduled Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. During the summer, he joined Madison Opera for their widely popular Opera in the Park concert, and the Bard Music Festival as Albert in Rachmaninoff’s rarely-performed The Miserly Knight, led by Leon Botstein.





An in-demand concert artist, Mr. Pulliam has performed Verdi’s Requiem with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra. He also made a much-anticipated return appearance with Vashon Opera where he was featured in a sold-out Limmie Pulliam & Friends concert. He has also joined The National Opera Association’s 2016 convention to honor of their Lifetime Achievement Award recipient George Shirley and appeared with The Concord Chorale as tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and the tenor soloist in Stainer’s Resurrection with New Covenant United Methodist Church. Mr. Pulliam has been featured in numerous appearances with the internationally renowned chorale Gloriae Dei Cantores, as tenor soloist (Ahab/Obadiah) in Mendelssohn’s Elijah as well as in concerts featuring Intimations of Immortality and For St. Cecelia by Gerald Finzi. He appeared as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Forum Sinfonia Orchestra of Finland and soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the San Angelo Symphony. Mr. Pulliam was also a featured soloist on The American Spiritual Ensemble’s 2013 Winter Tour.

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, in 2013, was a winner in the 3rd Annual Concorso Internazionale di Canto della Fondazione Marcello Giordano in Catania, Sicily.

SOPRANO
Susan Brown
Destiny Carrion
Juliette Ramirez Corazon
Jillian Doyle
Kara Eaton
Christine Evans
Anne Farrell
Frances Farrell
Nenita GapudTressler
Loretta Goss
Arabella Hartino
Lila Holmes
Alexandra Ives
Brittany Jaromin
Susan Lang
Angelina Lix
Lorraine Maxwell
Janet Morgan
Sabeena Mori
Elsbeth Otoole
Aisosa Oviasogie
Leslie Patterson
Gialina Ploutz
Alanna Ramos
Cindy Richard
Savannah Schneider
Sheila Singh
Denise Wittlin-Horvath
Paula E.F. Younger

TENOR
Ty'vone Benners
Nash Carlisto
David Caughey
Millicent L Clarke-Maynard
Bill Fry
Vicki Gayle
Guthrie Graves
Trevor Griffiths
Jack Lewis
Morgan Linn
Martin Lowry
Joe Mukamal
Karen P Renison
Jayar Rhoades
Susan Robinson

ALTO
Sherry Altman
Laura Batten
Melissa Blake
Janis Rollow Butler
Regi Carpenter
Judy Clay
Candace Collmer
Lex Correia
Karen Gellman
Valerie Graves
Jasmijn Janse
Tammy Johnson
Judy Jones
Rhoda Linton
Lyndsey Lyman
Cierra May
Carolyn McMaster
Sarah Michelle
Emma Pasko
April Peress
Jaden Rieck
Kari Robertson
Jayna Simeon
Anna Steinkraus
Heather Stewart
Kathrynne Teeter
Emma Thomas
Carolyn Tomaino
Joanna Upton
Penelope-Myles Voss

BASS
Julian Bingham
Caleb Cackowski
Daniel Cozort
Brian Cutler
Louis Hicks
Maxwell Kuhnel
Abe Marron
Mahmoud Majdi
Eric Miller
Jack Patterson
Gavin Tremblay

VIOLIN I
Val Connor
Marie Nemeth
Jonas Chen
Maya Connolly

VIOLIN II
Cristian Rodriguez
Andrew Neal
Naveen Tomlinson
Mackenzie Vanvoorhis

VIOLA
Zoe Galgoczy
Breanna Annonio
Elijah Shenk

CELLO
Eli Jort
Ariel Alejandro
Tom Bowstead

DOUBLE BASS
Sophia Gates
Alexa Markowitz

BAND
Michael McCoy, drumset
Nellie Cordi, bass guitar

FLUTE
Madi Connor

OBOE
Reid Canham

CLARINET
Liam Kearney

BASSOON
Griffin Harrel

HORN
Finny Keefe
Eliza Ferrara
Simon Stainbrook
Kate Martin

TRUMPET
Lizzy Carvell
Thomas Papke
Cal Fitanides
Juliet Arau

TROMBONE
Elias Orphanides
IIan Medwed
Elvis Lazo

TUBA
David Castro

TIMPANI
John Santucci