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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.

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. 

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.

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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About

Photo credit Kathy Myrick - San Juan Symphony

Upcoming Performances

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Peter Maxwell Davies' 8 Songs for a Mad King

Santa Fe, New Mexico

August, 13 2025

St. John's Bach Project

Bach Cantatas BWV 111 Was mein Gott will, da g'scheh allzeit and BWV 178 Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns haelt

Bass Soloist

Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 18, 2025

UNM Faculty Spotlight Series

Poulenc's Le Bal Masqué

Baritone soloist

November 2, 2025

Song Recital with Marilyn Garst, piano

Featuring music of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Finzi, Bernstein, and Rodgers and Hammerstein

Universalist Unitarian Church

Durango, CO

April 24, 2026

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