James Roser

Australian-born baritone James Roser initially began a career as an environmental scientist, having completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) at the University of NSW, before beginning his musical studies. He was a recipient of a number of major singing awards in Australia, including the Mietta Song Recital Award, Vienna State Opera Award and Britten-Pears Young Artist Award, was a young artist with Pacific Opera and has performed in opera theatres in Austria, Germany, China and Australia, including the Vienna State Opera, Victorian Opera, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai International Arts Festival and State Opera of South Australia. Operatic roles he has performed include Rigoletto, Germont (La Traviata), Amfortas (Parsifal), B