MichaeL
Hix
baritone
Bio
Baritone Michael Hix has been praised by critics for his "expressive voice" and "commanding stage presence." His career highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein.
Hix is a sought-after performer of concert and orchestral works with over 70 oratorio, cantata, and concert roles in his repertoire. He won 3rd Place in the American Prize in Art Song and Oratorio Performance in 2019. Hix has been featured as a soloist in concerts with the Oregon Bach Festival, Arizona Bach Festival, Boston Pops, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgia Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, New York City’s Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers Series and the Tallahassee Bach Parley among others.
Included among his over 20 stage roles are Falke in Die Fledermaus, King George in 8 Songs for a Mad King, Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Noye in Noye's Fludde, the Drunken Poet in The Fairy Queen, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, and Bertouf in the world premiere of A Friend of Napoleon by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward.
Photo credit Kathy Myrick - San Juan Symphony
Fall 2019
Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King
Santa Fe, NM
September 14, 2019
Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King
Albuquerque, NM
September 15, 2019
J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Bass Soloist
St. John's Methodist Church
Albuquerque, NM
October 5, 2019
Lieder and Duets of Brahms
with Ingela Onstad, soprano and Amy Greer, piano
Albuquerque, NM
October 17-19, 2019
with Ingela Onstad, soprano and Kristin Ditlow, piano
featuring Mahler's Rückert Lieder
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
October 26, 2019
Handel's Messiah
Bass soloist
Lensic Theater
Santa Fe, NM
November 23-24, 2019
Winter Season
Santa Fe, NM
December 14-22, 2019
Spring/Summer 2020
American Art Song Recital
with Ingela Onstad, soprano and Chuck Dillard, piano
Portland, OR
January 9, 2020
J.S. Bach's Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Bass Soloist
St. John's United Methodist Church
Albuquerque, NM
January 25, 2020
Song recital featuring Mahler's Rückert Lieder, and songs and duets by Debussy, Hahn, Massenet, and Barber
with Ingela Onstad, soprano and Debra Ayers, piano
Santa Fe, NM
February 8, 2020
Finale Concert
Durango, CO
March 14, 2020
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Bass soloist
Roswell, NM
April 18, 2020
Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem
Baritone soloist
Richland, WA
May 16-17, 2020
Bass soloist - Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172
Ensemble Member
St. Matthew Passion
St. John Passion
B Minor Mass
Eugene, OR
June-July 2020