JAMES MICKLETHWAITE – TENOR
James Micklethwaite grew up in Leeds, where he had early experience performing with Opera North. He was a member of The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, before studying at the Royal College of Music. This summer, he was an Alvarez Emerging Artist at Garsington Opera, performing as Tchaplitsky in The Queen of Spades, covering Grimoaldo in Rodelinda and performing the role for the Opera First performance. He received the Helen Clarke Award for his contributions to the season. Other highlights include: Apollo in Semele for Waterperry Opera Festival; Delmonte in Un Giorno di regno and Flute (Cover) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both for Garsington Opera; tenor soloist in the Albert Hall for the Really Big Chorus’ Messiah from Scratch; Gastone (Cover) in The Dead City for English National Opera, and Slender in Sir John in Love for British Youth Opera at Opera Holland Park. Recent concert engagements include: Bach’s B Minor Mass, and Evangelist in both the St John and St Matthew Passions; Haydn’s Creation;