CORTEZ MITCHELL, alto, is a
native of Detroit, MI. Mr. Mitchell graduated from Morgan State University with
a B.A in music and a B.S in mathematics and holds an M.M in voice from the University
of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. As Minnesota Opera's first
resident artist countertenor he performed the role of Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and covered Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes de Hoffman. With Urban Opera he performed the role of 1st Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas. He
has been featured in solo performances of J.S Bach's Cantata#147 Herz und Mund und Tat
und Leben with the Dayton Philharmonic, R. Nathaniels Dett's The Ordering of Moses and Adolphus Hailstork's Done Made My Vow with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaniov's Vespers in St. Petersburg Russia, and Wynton Marsallis's All
Rise with the Lincoln Center Jazz Ensemble. Mr. Mitchell has received
awards from the National Opera Association, The Washington International
competition and the Houston Grand Opera Elleanor McCollum competition. Mr. Mitchell is in his third season with Chanticleer.
