Cory McGee joins Promethean Artists

photo by Jiyang Chen

Bass-baritone Cory McGee joins Promethean Artists for worldwide general management, represented by Callan Coughlan for operatic, concert, and recital appearances.

Cory opens the 2023 - 2024 season performing the title role in Don Giovanni with Wolf Trap Opera, before making his debut with Opera Philadelphia as Pietro in Simon Boccanegra. He also portrays the roles of Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Atlanta Opera, as well as Second Knight in Parsifal and the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly, both with Houston Grand Opera. Concert appearances include Colline in a concert performance of La bohème with Chattanooga Symphony and Messiah with Santa Fe Symphony.

“I’ve greatly admired Promethean Artists’ core values and holistic approach to artistic relationships for quite some time,” Cory said. “To now be a part of something so special, I’m completely overjoyed."

Callan added “We are thrilled to be welcoming the fantastic rising star Cory McGee to Promethean Artists. Cory has enjoyed a string of successes in recent years, most notably at the Houston Grand Opera, and we are incredibly excited to help facilitate the next steps in his career.”

At just 27 years old Cory has already been seen as Johann in Massenet’s Werther, the Fifth Jew in Salome, Jailer in Tosca, and Dottore Grenvil in La traviata on the stage of Houston Grand Opera. With his “icy bass, complemented by an immense and sadistic physicality” (Harry Rose, Parterre Box), McGee sang Caspar in Der Freischütz with Wolf Trap Opera. During the 2021 - 2022 season, he made his debuts as Colline in La bohème with Detroit Opera and Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera on the James. He was also seen as Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Santa Fe Opera. Further engagements included Billy in the world premiere of Thompson’s The Snowy Day with Houston Grand Opera.

"Schweig, schweig, damit dich niemand warnt" from Der Freischütz

Recorded live at Wolf Trap Opera 2022