James McOran-Campbell
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Biography
2011:
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| January -March | TBC |
Prince Yamadori in Puccini's Madame Butterfly | Royal Albert Hall, London | Raymond Gubbay |
| April | TBC | Hollywood Tribute concert and Tales from Vienna for Opera Galleria | Hinckley Opera Festival | Opera Galleria |
| June-July | TBC | Hajny and Lovec in Dvorak's Rusalka | Grange Park, Winchester UK | Grange Park Opera |
2010:
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| February | 10-13 and 18-20 |
Freddie in My Fair Lady by Lerner and Loewe | Harlequinn Theatre, Redhill and EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge | Surrey Opera |
| March-April | Perfs 12-17 April | Understudy Phillippe in Rufus Wainwright's contemporary opera Prima Donna for Manchester International Festival | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London | Manchester International Festival |
| March | 5, 20, 27, 28, | Last Night of the Spring Proms Gala concerts | Manchester Brigewater Hall, Southend, Birmingham Symphony Hall, De Montfort Hall in Leicester | Raymond Gubbay |
| May | 7th | Last Night of the Spring Proms Gala concert | The Anvil, Basingstoke | Raymond Gubbay |
| May-June | 26, 28, 30, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20 | Title Role in Rossini's Il Barbiere de Siviglia | Alden Biesen, nr Antwerpen, Belgium | Zomeropera |
| June/July | 29, 1, 4, 8th | Understudy of Zurga in Bizet's Pearlfishers for English National Opera | The Coliseum, London | English National Opera |
| July & August | 24, 28, 31, 5th | Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflote | Baugé, nr Tours in France. | Opera de Baugé |
| September | 5th | Rat Pack Tribute Concert | White Heather, nr Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| Oct, Nov, Dec | 16, 20, 22, 2, 4, 9,11,16, 18, 18, 19, 21, 22 | Cascada and understudy Danilo in The Merry Widow by Lehar | Leeds and elsewhere (TBC) | Opera North |
| Dec | 4th | Christmas Concert - matinee and evening. | Ripley Castle, Yorkshire | Raymond Gubbay |
2009: (working backwards)
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| Decmber - Jan 2010 | 6, 8-13, 15,18-20, 22-24, 26,27, 29-3 Jan |
Rolf in The Sound of Music | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris | Théâtre du Châtelet |
| October | 24th | Elijah in Mendelssohn's Elijah | Arundel Cathedral | Helen Litten, Arun Choral Society: 01243814666 |
| September | 29th | Gala Concert in aid of Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity | Fulham Palace, Londn | |
| September | 12th | Proms-Style Gala concert in aid of Princes' Trust | Glemham Hall, Suffolk | |
| August | 27 & 28 | Dr. Falke in Strauss' Die Fledermaus for Castleward Opera | Wexford Theatre | Castleward Opera |
| July-August | 23rd - 4th | Nardo in La Finta Giardiniera by Mozart | Chateau Baugé, France | Opera de Baugé |
| July | 10,11,14,15,17,18 | L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi for Early Opera Company | Iford Manor, near Bath | Iford Arts |
| May-June | 29,30,3,4,7,9,10, 12,13,16,17,19,20. |
Dr. Falke in Strauss' Die Fledermaus for Castleward Opera | Castleward, Northern Ireland | Castleward Opera |
| April | 18th | Understudy Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti | Welsh National Opera | |
| March/April | 31,3,9,11,14,17 | Understudy Count in Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart | Welsh National Opera | |
| April | 4th | Dvorjak's Stabat Mater | St James Church, Clacton-on-sea | Clacton Choral Society |
| March | 28th | A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett | Wantage Parish Church | Wantage Choral Society |
| February | 5,21,26,27, 6 & 7th March | Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti's Don Pasquale | See website for details | Garden Opera |
| February | 20th | Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti | Dormy House Hotel, Worcestershire | Dormy House Hotel |
| February | 14th | Recital The Sorrow of True Love with Iain Burnside. Texts by Andrew Motion, Music by Tarik O'Regan. | King's Place Concert Hall, London | King's Place |
2008:(working backwards)
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| November | 13th, 14th and 15th | L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti | Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk Opera |
| November | 8th, 9th and 12th | The Poisoned Kiss by Vaughan Williams | Worthing, Eastbourne and Lewes | New Sussex Opera |
| October | 18th | Fauré Requiem and Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem | Arundel Cathedral | Arun Choral Society |
| Sept | 28th | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle | Maida Vale | Little Venice Festival |
| Sept | 27th | Opera Gala | Maida Vale | Little Venice Festival |
| Sept | 7th | "A Viennese Whirl" | White Heather, Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| July-Sept | Various | Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale for Garden Opera | See Website | Garden Opera |
| June | 28th | Opera Gala | Wantage Parish Church | Tell Tale Opera |
| April-July | Various | The Gamekeeper in Rusalka and Bello in La Faciulla del West | Grange Park, Winchester | Grange Park Opera |
| May | 10th | The Legend of Tantuna - Private Concert | Nottingham | Opera Galleria |
| May | 3rd | With Love from Vienna - Banstead Arts Festival | Banstead, Surrey | Banstead Arts |
| Feb-Mar | Various | Concert Tour for P&O cruises | Far East, Australia, India and Egypt | |
| Jan | 17/18/23/24/ 25/28&29 |
Title Role in Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas | Cochrane Theatre and Brady Arts Centre, London | English Pocket Opera |
2007:(working backwards)
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| Dec | 11th & 12th | A Christmas Celebration | Hackthorn and Rhyl Town Hall | Opera Galleria |
| Oct | 6th | Tales from Vienna | Bucklebury Manor Theatre, Berks | Opera Galleria |
| Sep | 23rd | Tales from Vienna | White Heather, Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| Oct | 7&12 | Dandini in Cenerentola for Welsh National Opera | Cardiff Millenium Centre | Welsh National Opera |
| Jun-Sep | Various | Marcello in La Boheme, Garden Opera | UK Tour - Various | Garden Opera |
| Jun | 29th | World Premiere of The Ground beneath her Feet with the Hallé Orchestra under Mark Elder | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester | Manchester International Festival |
| Jun | 3-10th | Song Masterclasses with Malcolm Martineau | Crear, Argyll, Scotland | Crear |
| May-Jun | 24,26,31,2,5,7, 9,13 |
Understudy of English Clerk in ENO's Death in Venice | Coliseum, London | English National Opera |
| April | 16th/17th | Recital of La Bonne Chanson by Fauré | Edinburgh& Glasgow | The Edinburgh Quartet |
| Mar | 3/10/13/15 |
Monteverdi's Orfeo | Lowry, Newcastle, Leeds | Opera North |
| Feb | 16/24th | Monteverdi's Orfeo | Leeds & Notts | Opera North |
2006: (working backwards)
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| December | 16th | Handel's Messiah | Christchurch Priory, nr. Bournemouth | Bournemouth Bach Choir |
| November | 3rd | Opera Galleria's: The Legend of Tantuna | Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Box Office: 01334 475000 |
| Jul-Oct | Various | Title role in Rossini's Barber of Seville, Grange Park Opera | UK Tour - Various | Grange Park Opera |
| Sept | 30th | Opera Gala Concert | Paddington Green | Little Venice Festival |
| Sept | 3rd | "A Tribute programme to the Hollywood Greats" | White Heather, Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| Jun-Sep | Various | Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte for Garden Opera | Various (See website) | Garden Opera |
| June | 2 | Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro for Opera North | Opera North | |
| May | 5,10,12,16, 19,25,27,31 |
Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro for Opera North | Various (see website) | Opera North |
| Feb | 18th | Mozart's Requiem | Christchurch Priory, nr. Bournemouth | Christchurch Priory |
| Feb | 4th |
"A Tribute programme to the Hollywood Greats" | St. Mary's Parish Church, Bucklebury | Alistair, 0118 9713325 |
2005:(working backwards)
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| Nov | 19 | Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen for Opera Brava | Pavilion Theatre, Weymouth | 01305 783225 |
| Nov | 8-13 | The Legend of Tantuna for Opera Galleria | Various in Wales | Opera Galleria |
| Nov | 2 | Opera Galleria Gala concert | Rhyl, Nth Wales | Opera Galleria |
| Sep/Oct | Various | Tour of Belcore in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore | Various (See website) | Grange Park Opera |
| July | 31 | Opera Galleria Gala Conert | White Heather, Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| Jul | 14,15,17 | Belcore in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore Grange Park Opera | Nevill Holt, nr. Market Harborough | Grange Park Opera |
| July/Aug | 22, 5, 12 | Marcello in Puccini's La Boheme for Opera Brava | Claverton Manor, Powderham Castle, Raby Castle. | Opera Brava 01444 443060 |
| June/July/ Aug | 25, 1, 9, 16, 6, 13 | Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen for Opera Brava | Middleton Manor, Pashley Manor, Helmingham Hall, Castle Ashby, Powderham castle, Raby Castle. | Opera Brava 01444 443060 |
| June | 18th | Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte. Concert Performance with Camden Chamber Opera | St Paul's, Covent Garden | Guy Hopkins 020 7834 5036 |
| June/July | 4, 22, 29, 1, 23, | Figaro in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro for Opera Brava | Wakehurst, Exeter, Ipswich, Pashley Manor, Claverton Manor | Opera Brava 01444 443060 |
| May | 21st | Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen for Opera Brava | Leatherhead Theatre | 01372 365141 |
| May | 8th | Bass Solo in Mozart's Requiem | Albert Hall, London | Albert Hall |
| Mar | 19th | Role of Jesus in Bach's Mathew Passion | Christchurch Priory, nr. Bournemouth | Christchurch Priory |
| Mar | 16th | Opera Galleria Opera Gala | St. Mary's Parish Church, Bucklebury | Alistair, 0118 9713325 |
| Feb | 5th | Il Parnasso in Festa by Handel | St. John's Smith Sq., London | St. John's Smith Sq |
| Jan-Apr | Various | Cover of Don Giovanni plus two performances 28/30 April in Belfast | Various | Opera North |
| Jan | 7&8 | Role of Dandini in La Cenerentola for Opera East | Ryan Theatre, Harrow, London | Opera East |
2004:
| Month | Day | Engagement | Venue | Contact |
| February | 6th/7th | Role of Marcello in La Boheme | Dormy Hotel, Oxford | |
| February | 27th | Concert with orchestra of Welsh National Opera | Stanwell School, Penarth | |
| March | 20th | World Premiere of a new show: The Legend of Tantuna | St. Mary's Church, Bucklebury | Opera Galleria |
| March | 27th | Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle | Lincoln Cathedral | |
| April | 3rd | Bach's St. John Passion | Temple Church, London | Concerts from Scratch |
| May | 5th / 6th | National Opera Studio Showcase: Pelleas and Albert (Werther) | Queen Elizabeth Hall | |
| May | 28th | Concert with orchestra of Opera North | Ilkley, Nr. Leeds | |
| June | 2,3 / 6th | Role of Alec in world premiere of Brief Encounter by Peter Wiegold | National Opera Studio, London | National Opera Studio |
| June/July | Cover of Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte | Garsington Opera, Oxford | Garsington Opera | |
| June | 19th / 26th | Role of Figaro in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro for Opera Brava | Helmingham Hall and Middleton Manor | Opera Brava |
| June | 27th | Role of Mohammed in world premiere of Keith Burstein's Manifest Destiny | Tricycle Theatre, London in aid of Guantanamo Human Rights Commission | Tricycle Theatre |
| July | 9,10,17,18,23 and 7th Aug | Roles of Louis in Holst's The Wandering Scholar and Earl of Dunmow in Berkeley's A Dinner Engagement | Various in Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridge | Opera East Productions |
| July | 24th | Stanford Songs of the Sea | Snape Maltings | |
| August | 1st | Opera Gala concert and fund raiser | White Heather, Nr. Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
| August | 15th | Opera Gala concert | Brockhall Music Society | Opera Galleria |
| August | 26th | Opera Gala Concert | Champs Hill, Surrey | Arundel Festival |
| Sept-Nov | Cover of Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte | Opera North, Leeds, Newcastle and Salford Quays | Opera North | |
| Oct | 1st | Spanisches Liebes-Lieder and Spanisches Liederspiel by Schumann, Serate Musicali (Rossini) and Chansons des Bois d'Amaranthe (Massenet) | Paddington Green | Little Venice Festival |
| Oct | 23rd | Role of Figaro in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro for Opera Brava | Weymouth Theatre | Opera Brava |
| Dec/Jan | Various | Role of Dandini in Cenerentola by Rossini | Various in Suffolk and Norfolk | Opera East Productions |
| Dec | 19th | Christmas Concert | White Heather, Nr, Lincoln | Opera Galleria |
2003:
| March | 8th | Concert of Opera and song with Alexander Anderson-Hall | Bucklebury | 0118 971 3325 |
| March | 14th | Fund-raising concert on a Shakespeare theme | Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden | |
| March | 16th | Schumann Liederkreis and Schubert songs for the Schubert Society with Mark Packwood | London | |
| March | 27, 28th | Gala concert organized by Sylvia Rhys-Thomas and Enrico Fissore | Milan | |
| April | 5th | Bach St. John Passion | Christchurch Priory | |
| May | 10th | Rossini Stabat Mater | Brentwood | |
| May | 17th | Brahms Requiem with the Complesso Cameristico Internazionale | Milan, Italy | |
| May/June | TBC | Recitals with Alexander Anderson-Hall of Opera Galleria's Project Phoenix Repertoire. | London, Lincoln, Scotland. | Myself, by email |
| June/July | 14th June to 12th July | Cover of Nardo in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera, plus ensemble in Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini and Die Schweigsame Frau Strauss. | Garsington Manor, Oxford | 01865 368201 |
| Aug/ Sept | TBC | Showcase / recital in London with tenor Alexander Anderson-Hall as conclusion of Project Phoenix, Opera Galleria | October Gallery, London | Myself, by email |
| September | 22nd onwards | Attending the National Opera Studio until Sumer 2004 | Wandsworth, London | |
| October | TBC | Recital of Finzi's Earth, Wind and Rain with Mark Packwood | Covent Garden | |
| December | 1st | Thoughts Unspoken by Jake Heggie in fund-raiser for World Aids Day | Crush Room, Covent Garden |
2002:
| February to June |
Various dates |
Verdi's La Traviata and Mozart's Don Giovanni with English Touring Opera | Tour of Britain | English Touring Opera |
| June | 18th | Recital with Alex Anderson-Hall (tenor) for the Jeune Chambre de Commerce | London | Jeune Chambre de Commerce |
| June | 22nd | Haydn's Creation | Nr. Bicester | |
| July | 5th & 6th | 3 One-Act Operas for Amici Musicali by Mozart, Bach and Barber | Exeter Festival | Carmen Lasok carmenlasok@aol.com |
| July | 19,20,26,27 | Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Fiorello and understudy for Figaro for A La Carte Opera. | Wexford, Ireland | |
| July | 30th | Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Fiorello and understudy for Figaro for A La Carte Opera. | Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden | Covent Garden Box Office |
| Aug/Sept | 30/2/4th | Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro - Count for British Youth Opera | Queen Elizabeth Hall at 7:15pm | 020 7960 4242 |
| October | 28th 1pm | Recital including Poulenc's Le Travail du Peintre with pianist Mark Packwood | Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden | Covent Garden Box Office |
| Oct-Dec | Various Dates See below |
Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen and Mozart's Don Giovanni with English Touring Opera. | Richmond, Buxton, Wolverhampton & Bath. | English Touring Opera See below |
| Nov | 9th | J.C.Bach's Dies Irae & Mozart Litaniae de Venerabili altaris Sacramento K.243 | Waltham Singers, Chelmsford | |
| Dec | 14th | Rossini's La Petite Messe Solennelle. | Banbury Choral Society |
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