Praised for his “insanely wide vocal range,” “dark low tones,” and “brassy high notes,” Corey Bix is known for his portrayals of dramatic tenor roles on opera and concert stages across the globe. He recently made an exciting debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the Major Domo in Der Rosenkavalier.  In the 2023-2024 season, Mr. Bix returned to the Canadian Opera Company to cover Florestan in Fidelio, a role he previously sang with Utah Opera and covered with San Francisco Opera. He also joined Orchestra Wellington to perform the role of the Captain in Wozzeck, and Virginia Opera as Sherriff and Judge in a workshop of Loving v.Virginia.

 

In his signature role of Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, he shows “a voice of considerable heft that has a pleasant ring” (Opera Today). He has performed Bacchus with Arizona Opera, Washington National Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Fort Worth Opera, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and The Glimmerglass Festival.

 

Recent role debuts include Francois in Korngold’s rarely performed Die Kathrin with the Folks Operetta, Canio in I Pagliacci at El Paso Opera, Judge Danforth in The Crucible at Opera Santa Barbara, the Kronprinz in Silent Night at Arizona Opera, and the Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd, the Hauptmann in Wozzeck and the Governor in Candide with Des Moines Metro Opera.

 

Bix also made a recent debut with Nashville Opera as Loge in Das Rheingold.  Well established in the Wagnerian repertoire, he has sung the title role in Lohengrin at Opera Southwest, Heinrich in Tannhäuser with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Erik in Der fliegende Holländer with Los Angeles Opera, Virginia Opera, Hungarian National Opera, and Arizona Opera. He has sung Walther in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg with Theater Kiel, and sang Augustin Moser and covered Walther with San Francisco Opera.

 

Highlights include Énée in Les Troyens (San Francisco Opera) and cover of Énée (Opéra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago); Helenus in Les Troyens (Lyric Opera of Chicago); the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten (Oper Graz); the Prince in Rusalka and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (Greek National Opera); Flotow’s Alessandro Stradella (Stadttheater Giesen); Lennie in Of Mice and Men (Utah Opera); Sir Edgar Aubry in Der Vampyr (New Orleans Opera); Aegisth in Elektra (Des Moines Metro Opera); and Alfred in Die Fledermaus (Anchorage Opera). Bix’s interpretation of Max in Der Freischütz with Virginia Opera was met with critical acclaim:  “As Max, Corey Bix summoned a beefy tone with a nice glint of flint. The tenor’s portrayal rang true, too; this Max was very much a sympathetic fellow, merely weak, not truly bad.” (Opera News)

 

On the concert stage, Bix has joined the Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde; The Cleveland Symphony for their production of Daphne; the American Symphony Orchestra for Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 and Dessau’s Hagadah shel Pessach; the Cathedral Choral Society for Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass; and Palm Beach Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem. He has also sung excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die Walküre, and Tristan und Isolde in concert. He has given recitals for the George London Foundation, the Wagner Society of New York, and his alma mater of Simpson College.

 

Bix has won accolades with the Robert Lauch Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of New York, the George London/Kirsten Flagstad Award for a singer with potential for a Wagnerian career, and the foundation’s prestigious Vienna Prize. He has also won awards in the New England and Southeast regions of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He is a former member of the apprentice programs of the Santa Fe Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera.  He earned a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music from Simpson College.