Hailing from the Washington D.C. area, Indian-American Countertenor Ian Pathak is a versatile performer in operatic, concert, and musical theatre repertoire. He is passionate about bringing classic and new stories to audiences across the nation.

Mr. Pathak’s 2024/2025 season highlights include his CCM Opera Mainstage debut as Podestà in La finta Giardiniera by Mozart. After Switching to countertenor from tenor, he performed the roles of Cesare and Tolomeo from Handel’s Giulio Cesare in the CCM 1st year scenes program. While in Cincinnati Mr. Pathak performed as the Alto Soloist in Histoire de jephté by Carrisimi.  In Summer 2025, Mr. Pathak will attend the Brevard Music Festival as a Janiec Opera Company young artist. There he will perform the role of Third Spirit in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in addition to other solo recital performances.

His 2023/2024 season opened with performing the role of Mercure in the University of Michigan’s production of Orphée aux enfers by Offenbach. later that year Mr. Pathak workshopped the role of Schoolteacher in The Pigeon Keeper by David Hanlon and Stephanie Fleischman. This was a co-production workshop between the University of Michigan and the Santa Fe Opera. In Summer 2024, he was selected for the Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program in Saratoga Springs, NY. There he covered Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte, performed Benny Southstreet and Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls by Loesser.

In the 2022/2023 season, Mr. Pathak his principal role debut as the Schoolmaster in  in the University of Michigan’s production of the Cunning Little Vixen by Janáček, sung in Czech. Immediately following this, he performed in the chorus of Verdi’s Aida at Detroit Opera. In February 2023, Mr. Pathak made is Toledo Opera debut as Bogdonovatich in their production of The Merry Widow by Lehár. In March 2023, he had performed the role of Willie Mossop in the Hobson’s Choice workshop, an upcoming opera written by Tom Cipullo. In -Summer 2023, he attended the prestigious Lehrer Vocal Institute at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. Co-directed by Sasha Cooke and John Churchwell, Pathak had the pleasure of performing in La Boheme and a curated scenes concert and studying with esteemed faculty including: César Cañon, Bill Schumann, and Tamara and Nino Sankidze.

In the 2021/2022 season, Mr. Pathak made appearances in both of the University of Michigan’s mainstage productions (Cendrillon by Massenet and Highway 1 U.S.A by Still). In Summer 2022, Mr. Pathak had the honor of training at the Aspen Music Festival (Opera Theatre and Vocal Arts) co-directed. by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers. There he had the honor of performing scenes with orchestra, in the chorus of MainStage productions,  and studied with renowned faculty including: Myra Huang, Bill Billingham, Robin Rice, and César Ulloa.

Pathak’s awards and honors include 1st place in the Sue Goetz Memorial Voice Competition, 2nd and 3rd place in  Southern Illinois Young Artists Competition. Finalist in the Opera Grand Rapids Vanderlaan Prize,

Mr. Pathak is a current master's student at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, in the studio of Gwen Coleman. He previously completed his Bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan.