Biography
James Penn is an up-and-coming conductor, who began his musical training as a choirboy at All Saints church, St Kilda east. He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from Victorian College of the Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Music from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. James is passionate about the inherent confrontation at the heart of all great opera. Having toured internationally, singing in the great European cathedrals and concert halls, he brings this experience to his work, focusing on bringing a European refinement to the Australian opera scene.
Performance credits
Past performances 2016 — Yesterday
Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi, MascagniPuccini
Turiddu
View program, cast and crewDie Entführung aus dem Serail (adaptation) (The Abduction from the Seraglio (adaptation)), Mozart
BK OperaConductor
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi, MascagniPuccini
Turiddu
View program, cast and crew
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (adaptation) (The Abduction from the Seraglio (adaptation)), Mozart
BK OperaConductor
View cast and crew
Biography
James Penn is an up-and-coming conductor, who began his musical training as a choirboy at All Saints church, St Kilda east. He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from Victorian College of the Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Music from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. James is passionate about the inherent confrontation at the heart of all great opera. Having toured internationally, singing in the great European cathedrals and concert halls, he brings this experience to his work, focusing on bringing a European refinement to the Australian opera scene.
