James was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Royal Holloway, University of London, and is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama's PGDip Music Performance course, where he studied with Adrian Thompson and coaches Cameron Burns & Angela Livingstone. His postgraduate studies at the RWCMD were generously supported by the McAlpine Educational Endowments, Split Infinitive Trust, and Angus Allnatt Foundation. He continues to study privately with David Barrell.
James made his international debut as Ferrando Così fan tutte in 2016 with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra at the Birgitta Festival, Tallinn, while the 2017/18 season will see him make his solo debut at St Martin in the Fields, in a performance of Mozart's Requiem, alongside the Brandenburg Sinfonia.
Operatic engagements include Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Bardolfo Falstaff (Black Cat Opera Company), The Teapot and The Little Old Man L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (Bute Park Opera), Remendado Carmen (Opera Up Close), Pluto in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera'r Ddraig), and Tenor Soloist / Stage Director in the Armonico Consort's touring production of Too Hot To Handel (Buxton Festival, Malvern Theatres). He created the role of Back-to-Front Policeman in Laura Bowler's The Sandman (Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival), and has sung Chorus for productions with Grange Park Opera, Opera Holland Park, and Bury Court Opera, among others. James was introduced to opera at a young age, and as a treble sang the role of the Shepherd Boy Tosca alongside Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu for two seasons at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He subsequently recorded the role for EMI (under Antonio Pappano) and also appears in the DVD film version of the opera, directed by Benoît Jacquot.
Away from solo performance, James is also an accomplished and highly experienced choral singer, and sings regularly with some of London's finest church & cathedral choirs, and consort groups. He is currently a regular member of the choir of St. Etheldreda's, Ely Place.
James is currently studying for a PhD on the music of George Enescu at Royal Holloway, University of London (where he is also a visiting tutor), and is the administrator (part-time) for the Institute of Musical Research. He is a published translator of several articles and books (from Polish to English). Details of his academic profile and research output can be found here.
James made his international debut as Ferrando Così fan tutte in 2016 with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra at the Birgitta Festival, Tallinn, while the 2017/18 season will see him make his solo debut at St Martin in the Fields, in a performance of Mozart's Requiem, alongside the Brandenburg Sinfonia.
Operatic engagements include Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Bardolfo Falstaff (Black Cat Opera Company), The Teapot and The Little Old Man L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (Bute Park Opera), Remendado Carmen (Opera Up Close), Pluto in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera'r Ddraig), and Tenor Soloist / Stage Director in the Armonico Consort's touring production of Too Hot To Handel (Buxton Festival, Malvern Theatres). He created the role of Back-to-Front Policeman in Laura Bowler's The Sandman (Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival), and has sung Chorus for productions with Grange Park Opera, Opera Holland Park, and Bury Court Opera, among others. James was introduced to opera at a young age, and as a treble sang the role of the Shepherd Boy Tosca alongside Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu for two seasons at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He subsequently recorded the role for EMI (under Antonio Pappano) and also appears in the DVD film version of the opera, directed by Benoît Jacquot.
Away from solo performance, James is also an accomplished and highly experienced choral singer, and sings regularly with some of London's finest church & cathedral choirs, and consort groups. He is currently a regular member of the choir of St. Etheldreda's, Ely Place.
James is currently studying for a PhD on the music of George Enescu at Royal Holloway, University of London (where he is also a visiting tutor), and is the administrator (part-time) for the Institute of Musical Research. He is a published translator of several articles and books (from Polish to English). Details of his academic profile and research output can be found here.