Baritone Alexander Birch Elliott continues to garner praise for his “heated intensity and beguiling timbre of mahogany.” (The New York Times) 

This season, Elliott makes his debut with Florida Grand Opera, returning to the role of Escamillo in Carmen. The baritone also returns to the roster of The Metropolitan Opera, covering Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Elliott’s concert calendar this season includes performances of the Brahms’s A German Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony, and an appearance with the Pacific Vocal Series in Newport Beach, California. Future seasons include his return to The Metropolitan Opera.

The 2023/24 season featured an exciting role debut with Houston Grand Opera as Captain Von Trapp in the beloved The Sound of Music, and returns to The Metropolitan Opera, singing Papageno in the holiday presentation of The Magic Flute and covering Schaunard in La bohème. Elliott also made two notable role reprisals, singing Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Arizona Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with New Orleans Opera. With the Grand Teton Music Festival, he performed Papageno under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles and joined the Cincinnati May Festival for Haydn's The Creation. 

Recent seasons have seen major debuts for Alexander, including at both The Metropolitan Opera and Houston Grand Opera singing the role of Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra for Elgar’s The Kingdom, as well as with New York’s PROTOTYPE Festival as Lucifer in Rev 23, directed by James Darrah and conducted by Daniela Candillari. He recently returned to Tulsa Opera for performances of Escamillo in Carmen, Opera Omaha as the titular Eugene Onegin, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Silvio in Pagliacci; Marcello in La bohème for his debut at San Diego Opera, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Escamillo in Carmen with Opera Santa Barbara, Anthony in Sweeney Todd and the title role of Eugene Onegin with Portland Opera; as well as to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Don Fernando in Fidelio.

Alexander is a graduate of the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera, and is the recipient of the John Moriarty Award for his outstanding contribution to Central City Opera. A native of Florence, South Carolina, Alexander attended Florida State University where he studied with David Okerlund.