Biography

The Texan baritone Elliott Carlton Hines completed his studies in 2012 at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and subsequently earned his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School in New York.

He was a Lied Stipendiat at the Heidelberger Frühling and a finalist in the EquiVoci Musicali Competition 'Salvatore Licitra' in Milan.

In 2015/16, Elliott Carlton Hines became a member of the Gerard Mortier International Opera Studio at the Salzburger Landestheater, where he later sang as a permanent member before joining the Staatsoper Stuttgart in the 2020/21 season as a full ensemble member. Over the years, he has built up an extensive repertoire with many specialist roles, including Masetto/Don Giovanni, Prosdocimo/Il turco in Italia, Schaunard/La Bohème, Sparbüchsen Bill/Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Spalanzani/Hoffmann's Erzählungen, Il Conte/Le Nozze di Figaro, Kilian/Der Freischütz, Herr Eiler/Der Schauspieldirektor, Papageno/Zauberflöte, Die Standuhr und Der Kater/L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Kirschbaumträger/Die Verurteilung des Lukullus, Sythyre und Cythéron/Platée und Testo/Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.

In the concert field, Elliott Carlton Hines has performed the bass solos in Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio at the Oregon Bach Festival, as well as the role of Lucifero in Handel's La Resurrezione conducted by William Christie.

Guest productions have taken him to various places, including the world premiere of David Blake's and Keith Warner's new opera 'Icarus' at the Festival "Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte Montepulciano," to the Birmingham Opera Company under the direction of Graham Vick with the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's 'Wake,' and in 2021, his debut at La Scala in Milan in Kurt Weill's 'Die sieben Todsünden' and 'Mahagonny Songspiel' under the musical direction of Riccardo Chailly. A return invitation to La Scala has already been confirmed for the upcoming season.

In the 22/23 season, he was heard in Stuttgart in productions such as Rameau's 'Platée,' the premiere of 'Der Räuber Hotzenplotz' as Kasperl, the staged Johannes Passion conducted by Diego Fasolis, and Messiaen's 'Saint François d'Assise.' He also appeared with Kurt Weill's 'Lady in the Dark' in a new production at Opera Zuid in the Netherlands.

In the 23/24 season, Elliott Carlton Hines will perform in the world premiere of the opera 'Dora' by Bernhard Lang, in a pasticcio - Baroque - opera 'La Fest,' and once again as Kasperl in 'Der Räuber Hotzenplotz.' Additionally, he will return to the Birmingham Opera Company with Michael Tippett's opera 'New Year' in the role of Donny under the musical direction of Alpesh Chauhan.

 

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