Elliott Carlton Hines

Born in 1990 and a native of Houston, Texas, Hines is a 2014 graduate of The Juilliard School, and was a member of the ensemble at the Salzburger Landestheater for the 2017/2018 season, where he was seen as Spalanzani in The Tales of Hoffmann and Il Conte in *Le Nozze di Figaro*. He made his debut with Birmingham Opera Company, under the direction of Graham Vick, in Giorgio Battistelli's world premiere of Wake. Hines' spectrum of work at the Landestheater as a member of the "Internationales Opernstudio Gerard Mortier" from 2015 to 2017 included Morales/Dancaïre in Carmen, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Il Poeta in Il Turco in Italia. In the 2016-17 season, Hines performed the roles of Schaunard in La Bohème (under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla), as well as Sparbüchsen Bill in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (under Adrian Kelly).

In the summer of 2016, Hines premiered the role of Man One in David Blake and Keith Warner's new opera, Icarus, at the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte Montepulciano under Roland Boer. As a master's student at The Juilliard School, Hines performed the roles of Farasmane in Händel's Radamisto and Pasek in Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen.

In addition to opera, Hines has also sung the bass solos in Bach's St. Matthew Passion (under Gary Thor Wedow) and Christmas Oratorio (at the Oregon Bach Festival), as well as the role of Lucifero in Handel's La Resurrezione (under William Christie). Hines was also a Lied Stipendiat at the Heidelberger Frühling in both 2015 and 2016.

Hines received his B.M. in Voice from Oberlin Conservatory, and has also worked as a Young Artist with Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Da Camera of Houston, and at the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie (IMA). He was a 2017 Finalist at the EquiVoci Musicali Competition 'Salvatore Licitra' in Milan.