James McOran-Campbell

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details:

Voice: Baritone

Place of Birth: London, England
Address: Please email for details

Recent / Current Highlights:

May-June 2010	Title Role Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Zomer Opera nr Antwerp, Belgium
March-April 2010	Understudy Phillippe in Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna at Sadler's Wells in co-production with Manchester International Festival
March 2010	5 gala conerts of the Last Night of the Spring Proms for Raymond Gubbay
February 2010	Freddie Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady for Surrey Opera
Oct-Jan 2010	Rolf in The Sound of Music at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
October 2009	Mendelssohn's Elijah at Arundel Cathedral
August 2009	Nardo in La Finta Giardiniera for Opéra de Baugé
May-June 2009	Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus at Castleward Opera and Wexford
Feb 2009	Contemporary Song recital with Iain Burnside at King's Place
Nov 2008	Gallanthus in The Poisoned Kiss for New Sussex Opera
April-July 2008	Rusalka and La Fanciulla del West for Grange Park Opera
January 2008	Title Role in Hamlet for English Pocket Opera
Sep-Nov 2007	Dandini in Cenerentola under Calo Rizzi for WNO
June-Sept 2007	Marcello in La Boheme for Garden Opera
29th June 2007	Created the role of Ormus Cama in the world premiere of The Ground Beneath Her Feet for the opening of the Manchester International Festival with the Hallé Orchestra under Mark Elder.
16/17th April 2007	Fauré's La Bonne Chanson with the Edinburgh Quartet
Jan-Mar 2007	Pastore/Spirito in Orfeo for Opera North
Jul-Oct 2006	Title Role in The Barber of Seville for Grange Park/Pimlico Opera
Feb-Jun 2006	Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro for Opera North
Jul-Oct 2005	Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore for Grange Park Opera

 

Qualifications:

2003-2004 Trained at the National Opera Studio, London.
2000-2001 MMus in Music Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Jul-Aug '99 Advanced Diploma in Opera Studies from Birkbeck University (in affiliation with Abbey Opera).
'97-'98 Diploma (with distinction) in Performance Studies and Opera from Birkbeck University (in affiliation with Abbey Opera).
Degree: BA Combined Honours in French and Russian, Grade 2:1 from Exeter University 1991-95.
A-Levels: French (A), Economics (A), Maths (D), French Special paper (1).
Previously: Qualified CIMA Accountant for British Airways.

Languages: Fluent French, Russian and Italian (Bordeaux - 6 months, Voronezh - 6 months, Milan - 2 years). Conversational Spanish, basic Czech.

Vocal Training: Currently with Robert Dean. Previously with Comm. Enrico Fissore (Bass) and Sylvia Rhys-Thomas (AGSM).

Coaches: Mark Packwood, Donald Maxwell, Roy Laughlin, Liz Markus, Iain Burnside, Robin Bowman, Jane Robinson, Robert Aldwinckle.

Courses:

Summer Music at Ardingly 2000 (song, opera, oratorio, ensemble, staged extract).

Working Sessions: with Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Rodney Gilfry and Enrico Fissore.

Master Classes: with Sir Thomas Allen organized through Finzi Friends, and Rosalind Plowright.

Performance Experience:

Opera:

Die Zauberflote, Mozart: Papageno (Opéra de Baugé)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini: Title Role (Zomer Opera, Belgium)
Prima Donna, Rufus Wainwright: Phillippe - understudy (Manchester International Festival)
My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe: Freddie Eynsford-Hill (Surrey Opera)
The Sound of Music, Rodgers and Hammerstein: Rolf (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)
La Finta Giardinera, Mozart: Nardo (Opéra de Baugé, Garsington Opera)
The Coronation of Poppea, Monteverdi: Liberto/Soldato (Early Opera Co.)
Die Fledermaus, Strauss: Dr. Falke (Castleward and Wexford)
The Poisoned Kiss, Vaughan Williams: Gallanthus (New Sussex Opera)
Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy: Pelléas understudy (Independent Opera)
Rusalka, Dvorjak: Lovec and Hajny (Grange Park Opera)
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini: Bello (Grange Park Opera)
Hamlet, Thomas: Title Role (English Pocket Opera)
Cenerentola, Rossini: Dandini (Welsh National Opera under Carlo Rizzi)
La Bohème, Puccini: Marcello (Garden Opera)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Borisova-Ollas: Ormus Cama (Hallé Orchestra)
Death in Venice, Britten: The English Clerk (English National Opera)
The Barber of Seville, Rossini: Title Role (Grange Park / Pimlico Opera)
Orfeo, Monteverdi:Pastore/Spirito (Opera North)
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart: Count Almaviva (Opera North)
Cosí fan Tutte, Mozart: Guglielmo (Garden Opera)
L'Elisir d'Amore, Donizetti: Belcore (Grange Park Opera)
Don Giovanni, Mozart: Title Role (Opera North)
Death in Venice, Britten: The English Clerk (English National Opera - Understudy)
A Dinner Engagement, Berkeley: Lord Dunmow (Opera East)
The Wandering Scholar, Holst: Louis (Opera East)
Il Parnasso in Festa, Händel: Proteo/Marte (Baroque Encounter at St. John's Smith Sq.)
Manifest Destiny, Burstein: Mohammed (Tricycle Theatre)
Brief Encounter, Wiegold: Alec Harvey (with South Bank Sinfonia)
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart: Figaro (Opera Brava)
La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart: Nardo cover (Garsingto Opera)
The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek: Harashta & Dog (English Touring Opera)
Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart: Count Almaviva (British Youth Opera at Queen Elizabeth Hall)
Don Giovanni, Mozart: Cover/Chorus (English Touring Opera)
La Traviata, Verdi: Doctor Grenvil (English Touring Opera)
Don Pasquale, Donizetti: Dottore Malatesta (Opera Festa and Garden Opera)
The Rape of Lucretia, Britten: Tarquinius (Oxford)
The Tales of Hoffman, Offenbach: Lindorf/ Coppélius/ Dappertutto/ Dr. Miracle (Harrow Opera)
Julius Caesar, Händel: Achilla (Llantilio Crossenny Festival)
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini: Marco (St John's, Smith Square, London)
Rinaldo, Händel: Argante (Bloomsbury Theatre, London)
Patience, Gilbert & Sullivan: Grosvenor (Northcote Theatre, Exeter)


Staged Extracts:

Werther, Massenet: Albert (QEH)
I Puritani, Bellini: Riccardo Forth
Il Matrimonio Segreto, Cimarosa: Il Conte
Il Viaggio a Rheims, Rossini: Don Alvaro
Roberto Devereux, Donizetti: Nottingham
Peter Grimes, Britten: Ned Keene

Oratorio:

Elijah, Mendelssohn
Child of our Time, Tippett
Dona Nobis Pacem, Vaughan Williams
Dies Irae, J.C.Bach
Schöpfung, Haydn
L'Enfance du Christ, Berlioz
Missa Solemnis, Beethoven
Messiah, Händel
La Petite Messe Solennelle, Rossini (with the Philharmonia Chorus)
Stabat Mater, Rossini
Stabat Mater, Dvorjak
Requiem, Fauré
Ein Deutches Requiem, Brahms (Chiesa San Carlo, Milan)
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Mendelssohn
Mass in G, Weber
9th Symphony, Beethoven
Te Deum, Bruckner
Requiem, Mozart (at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Willcocks)
St. John's Passion and St. Mathew's Passion, Bach

Song:

World Premiere of Tarik O'Regan's Three Andrew Motion Songs at King's Place, London
Recital of Fauré's La Bonne Chanson with the Edinburgh Quartet
Finzi's Earth and Air and Rain. Heggie's Thoughts Unspoken (ROH)
Recital of Poulenc's Le Travail du Peintre in the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House.
Recital of Opera and song for the Jeune Chambre de Commerce with Alexander Anderson-Hall.
Recital of Winterreise and Schumann's Liederkreis Op.39 for the Schubert Society of Great Britain accompanied by Mark Packwood.
Recital of English Song for the Housman Society accompanied by Mark Packwood.

Prizes:

Philharmonia Chorus Prize (Performance of Bass solo part in La Petite Messe Solennelle with Philharmonia Chorus) *December 2000

Recordings:

Songs of the Phoenix - recording of Italian arias and duets with tenor, Champs Hill. 2004
4 English Songs by Harold Craxton.

*CD released December 2000 entitled "The Plaint of Love".

Ensemble: Serate Musicali, Rossini
Spanische Liebes-lieder and Spanische Liederspiel by Schumann
Romancero Gitano, CastelNuovo Tedesco
Chansons des Bois d'Amaranthe, Massenet
Sacred and Profane - 8 Medieval Lyrics, Britten Op. 91
Canticle IV-Journey of the Magi, Britten Op.86

Chorus:

Extra Chorus for Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Autumn 2003.
Elijah, Mendelssohn (Bryn Terfel, Richard Hickox - Barbican)
Various productions at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Snowmaiden.

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