Alex McKissick

American tenor Alex McKissick has drawn praise for the beauty, strength, and expressive nuance of his singing. Opera News hailed his “melting tone and poignant phrasing,” while recent critics have praised both his vocal finish and his stage presence. From San Diego Opera, where he was called “a most impressive singer” in Don Giovanni, to Ireland, where The Irish Times noted his “matinee-idol looks” and “obvious accomplishment as a dancer” as "Eisenstein" in Irish National Opera’s Die Fledermaus. Reviewers in Des Moines likewise singled him out in both Salome and the world premiere of American Apollo, praising his “secure, meaty, well-trained tenor” and “substantial, full-throated singing.” 

In the 2024–25 season, McKissick joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, covering roles in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra, and Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades. Recent appearances also include Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Irish National Opera, Paco in La vida breve with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and Stuart Ullmann / Delbert Grady in Paul Moravec’s The Shining with Nashville Opera. 

He has  appeared with many companies, including San Diego Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, North Carolina Opera, The Cleveland Orchestra, Washington National Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera. A graduate of The Juilliard School and an alumnus of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera, McKissick is a Sullivan Foundation Career Grant Winner, Sara Tucker Study Grant Winner, and Operalia quarterfinalist.