Biography
Winner of both the 2021 John Wegner and Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto award(s), Australian Opera Singer James Young has worked with some of the world’s leading vocal pedagogues, coaches and conductors. In the 2023 season, James debuted the title role in Rachmaninoff’s Aleko, Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and returned to Orff with another seldomly presented opera De temporum fine comoedia – Das Spiel vom Ende der Zeiten in the role of Anachoreten. The 2022 season sees James returning to Schloss Henfenfeld for performances in the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni. After liederabends in Bayreuth and Nuremberg, he performed Baculus in Lortzing’s opera Der Wildschütz at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, where he is also currently completing a Master’s degree in Opera Sing
Performance credits
Past performances 2017 — Yesterday
Aleko, Rachmaninoff
Aleko
View cast and crewDon Giovanni, Mozart
Il Commendatore (Commendatore) + 1 roles
View cast and crewMythos Prometheus, Orff
Baritone
View cast and crewLes mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias), Poulenc
Lyric Opera of MelbournePresto
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Les mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias), Poulenc
Lyric Opera of MelbournePresto
View cast and crew
Biography
Winner of both the 2021 John Wegner and Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto award(s), Australian Opera Singer James Young has worked with some of the world’s leading vocal pedagogues, coaches and conductors. In the 2023 season, James debuted the title role in Rachmaninoff’s Aleko, Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and returned to Orff with another seldomly presented opera De temporum fine comoedia – Das Spiel vom Ende der Zeiten in the role of Anachoreten. The 2022 season sees James returning to Schloss Henfenfeld for performances in the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni. After liederabends in Bayreuth and Nuremberg, he performed Baculus in Lortzing’s opera Der Wildschütz at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, where he is also currently completing a Master’s degree in Opera Sing
