Alex McKissick

Tenor Alex McKissick has been engaged in leading roles at Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Aspen Music Festival, and Des Moines Metro Opera in such wide-ranging repertoire as Roméo et Juliette, Silent Night, La bohème, Les mamelles de Tirésias, La Traviata, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and Otello. He has appeared with the Richmond Symphony and Charleston Symphony, in addition to concerts with Georg Solti Accademia in Venice, Italy. Mr. McKissick has worked with conductors Eun Sun Kim, Daniele Callegari, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Nicole Paiement, as well as stage directors David Alden, Francesca Zambello, and Tomer Zvulun. He has coached with Richard Bonynge, Carmen Giannattasio, Angela Gheorghiu, and Anthony Legge, in addition to participating in master classes with Fabio Luisi and Emmanuel Villuame. A native of Connecticut, Mr. McKissick received his training at the Juilliard School of Music and is an alumnus of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera.