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.
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Hix is a sought-after performer of concert and orchestral works with over 75 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, Santa Fe Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Idaho Falls Symphony, San Juan Symphony, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, New York City’s Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers Series and the Tallahassee Bach Parley among others.
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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.
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Hix recently completed a recording of solo bass cantatas by baroque composer Christoph Graupner. To order this recording please click here.
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Photo credit Kathy Myrick - San Juan Symphony
Bach Cantatas BWV 39, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, and BWV 102 Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben
Bass Soloist
Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 22, 2024
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University of New Mexico, Keller Hall
Beth Ratay's song cycle Two Worlds (Dv světy) - World Premiere
with Kristin Ditlow, Piano
Valerie Potter, Flute
Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 8, 2024
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Czech and Slovak Echoes in the USA Festival
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library
Beth Ratay's song cycle Two Worlds (Dv světy)
with Ahmad Hedar, piano and Beth Ratay, flute.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
October 28, 2024
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Handel's Messiah
Bass Soloist
Idaho Falls, Idaho
December 21, 2024
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Durango Bach Festival
Bass Soloist
Durango, CO
March 15, 2025
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Bass Soloist​
April 5, 2025
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J.S. Bach B Minor Mass
and a recital featuring
J.S. Bach Amore Traditore BWV 203 and selected Mozart Lieder and Arias
Georgetown, TX
June 24-June 29, 2025
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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Peter Maxwell Davies' 8 Songs for a Mad King
Santa Fe, New Mexico
August, 13 2025
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