Limmie Pulliam has died at the age of 51.

The Missouri native trained with the late renowned pedagogue Richard Miller and became a participant in the young artist programs of Cleveland Opera, Opera Delaware and Opera Memphis.

He 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 Giordanoin Catania, Sicily.

The tenor went on to perform with major opera companies and orchestras including Minnesota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, New Orleans Opera, Austin Opera, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Utah Opera, Gewandhaus Orchester, Madison Opera, Florida Grand Opera and Madison Symphony.

In 2022, Pulliam made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Radamès in “Aida,” which also served as his role debut. He subsequently performed Radamès with Tulsa Opera that season for their 75th anniversary gala concert. Pulliam also went on to make his LA Opera debut during the 2021-22 season. His repertoire included the works of Verdi, Leoncavallo, Beethoven, Mahler, and many more.

​In 2025 Pulliam sat with OperaWire for interview about the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges’ First Opera and said, “I think concert versions are great. They make opera more accessible because they allow smaller companies with limited budgets to stage productions they couldn’t otherwise afford. I’ve done several operas in concert that were extremely successful and attracted new audiences.”

Pulliam left one recording titled “Witness,” which was a recital album.