Limmie Pulliam

Rising dramatic tenor Limmie Pulliam has thrilled audiences with his captivating stage presence and his “stentorian, yet beautiful,” sound.

The 2024-25 season will feature a combination of exciting debuts and returns for Mr. Pulliam, including his role debut as Calaf in Turandot for a special benefit concert for University of Houston’s Moore School of Music, followed by further performances of the role in his debut with the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Søndergård. Also on the symphonic stage, he returns to the Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, with additional performances at the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. Following his successful 2022 Metropolitan Opera debut as Radamès in Aida, he joins Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the same role led by Music Director Jonathan Heyward, and collaborates again with Yannick Nézét-Seguin in his debut with the Orchestre Métropolitain for Bruckner’s Te Deum. Elsewhere during the season, he makes his role and house debut as Samson in Samson et Dalila with New Orleans Opera, house debuts with Austin Opera for Verdi’s Requiem and Arizona Opera as Radamès in Aida, and returns to Oberlin Conservatory for special performances of Rhiannon Giddens’ Omar.