Hailed as a “scene stealer” that “exudes showbiz chops” (South Florida Classical Review) American Tenor Elijah William Brown is having an exciting season so far in 2025.

Elijah was seen most recently as Alfredo in Giuseppi Verdi’s La Traviata with Spotlight on Opera’s inaugural season as part of Tulsa Opera, Siegmund in Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre with Dramatic Voices Midwest, and was also seen as The Prince in Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka with LAHSOW Opera Workshop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Earlier in 2025 Elijah was a featured soloist on a concert performance of Adolphus Hailstork’s cantata for tenor and chorus “I Will Lift Up Thine Eyes” with the Vero Beach Choral Society, and was featured in various recitals for organizations around Miami, Florida where he currently resides.

Past seasons include being selected as an Artist-In-Residence at the Florida VOICE Project with Sherrill Milnes, singing Loge in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold with the LAHSOW Opera Workshop, singing Ferrando in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the Utah Vocal Arts Academy, singing both Lysander and Tom Snout with the Miami Music Festival in their production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and singing Tamino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the University of Alabama Opera Theatre.

As a lover of American Contemporary Opera, Elijah has performed in 3 world premieres; RSBE (Remove Shoes Before Entering) in 2020 by Michael Ching, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in 2019 by Joseph Landers, and Stranger from Paradise by Nevada Jones and Kevin Lawler in 2017 with Opera Omaha.

A native of Omaha, NE, Elijah received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and his Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Alabama.