Limmie Pulliam

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

The 2025–26 season features a combination of exciting debuts and returns for Pulliam, including his role debut as Florestan in Fidelio with Utah Opera. The tenor returns to The Cleveland Orchestra for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Franz Welser-Möst and makes his debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Mahler’s Eighth Symphony under the baton of Fabio Luisi. His recital engagements include appearances with the Exeter Academy, Baltimore Community Concerts, Manchester UMC, and the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers. In concert, he joins the Jacksonville Symphony, sings Verdi’s Requiem with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and appears at the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges for excerpts from Pagliacci. 

Last season, Pulliam made an anticipated role debut as Calaf in Turandot for a special benefit concert for University of Houston’s Moore School of Music, followed by further performances with the Minnesota Orchestra. He debuted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as Radamès in Aida, led by Jonathan Heyward, and collaborated with Yannick Nézét-Seguin in his debut with the Orchestre Métropolitain for Bruckner’s Te Deum. In addition, he appeared as Samson in Samson et Dalila with New Orleans Opera and returned to Oberlin Conservatory for special performances of Rhiannon Giddens’s Omar. 

An in-demand artist, Pulliam has appeared with many renowned orchestras and opera companies over the years, including the Gewandhaus Orchester, New World Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. He has also been featured in numerous appearances with the internationally renowned chorale Gloriae Dei Cantores. 

The Missouri native trained with the late, renowned pedagogue Richard Miller. He is a former participant in the young artist programs of Cleveland Opera, Opera Delaware, and Opera Memphis. Addition-ally, Pulliam was the 2012 Artist Division Winner of the National Opera Association’s Vocal Competition and, in 2013, was a winner in the 3rd Annual Concorso Internazionale di Canto della Fondazione Marcello Giordano in Catania, Sicily.