Tenor
American-born James Ley is a graduate of the Opera Studies programme at New York’s prestigious Juilliard School, and a finalist of the 2022 Operalia Competition. He has been praised for his ""pure tone and innocent expressiveness"" (Opera Wire) and for his ""lovely legato line and silvery tenor"" (Seen and Heard International).
James Ley’s previous seasons’ highlights include debuts as Kudrjas in Katya Kabanova for Bergen National Opera conducted by Jiří Rožeň, Scriabin’s Symphony No. 1 with Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi and with Orquesta y Coro de la Communidad de Madrid under Marzena Diakun, Handel’s Messiah with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Courtney Lewisand at Wheaton College, Bruckner’s Te Deum with Atlanta Symphony under Nathalie Stutzmann, and Britten’s Nocturne with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Koncz.
