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About James
British baritone James Atkinson is a graduate of the Royal College of Music Opera Studio, where he studied with Alison Wells. From September 2023, James joins the BBC New Generation Artist scheme in conjunction with BBC Radio 3. His many awards include the Royal Over-Seas League Singers' Prize (2022), the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards (2018), the Mozart Competition and the Audience Prize at the Somerset Song Prize (2019). He made his professional opera debut singing Masetto in Don Giovanni for Welsh National Opera in 2022.
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Season Highlights
Video
James Atkinson sings Belshazzar's Feast (If I Forget Thee) with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
James Atkinson makes his debut with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott singing Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast at MUZA Kawasaki (21 and 22 May 2022). Credit: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
PlayingJames Atkinson sings Belshazzar’s Feast – Babylon
James Atkinson makes his debut with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott singing Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast at MUZA Kawasaki (21 and 22 May 2022). Credit: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
PlayingJames Atkinson & Anna Tilbrook | Johanna Müller-Hermann: Herbst
British baritone James Atkinson sings Johanna Müller-Hermann’s song ‘Herbst’ accompanied by Anna Tilbrook. This performance was recorded by TallWall media at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of the Oxford Lieder Spring Song Festival 2022. It featured as part of the Forgotten Voices lecture-recital series, curated by Kitty Whately and Natasha Loges, and produced in collaboration with SWAP’ra (Supporting Women and Parents in Opera). Credit: Oxford Song
PlayingJames Atkinson – O Tod (Brahms) Oxford Lieder Festival 2020
James Atkinson sings O Tod (Brahms) at the Oxford Lieder Festival 2020. Credit: Oxford Song / TallWall Media
Playing
Selected Repertoire
| Bernstein | Trouble in Tahiti (Sam) |
|---|---|
| Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore (Belcore) |
| Haydn | Il mondo della luna (Buonafede) |
| Maxwell Davies | The Lighthouse (Blazes) |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni (Masetto) |
| Mozart | Cosi fan tutte (Guglielmo) |
| Mozart | Die Zauberflöte (Papageno) |
| Poulenc | Les mamelles de Tirésias (Le Gendarme) |
| Purcell | Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas) |
| Ravel | L’heure espagnole (Ramiro) |
| Strauss | Elektra (Orest) |
| Wagner | Tristan und Isolde (Ein Steuermann) |
News
Press
Guglielmo | Cosi Fan Tutte | Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium CentreFeb 2024James Atkinson’s strong baritone Guglielmo emerges with a touch more strength of character…
- Nicholas Kenyon, The Telegraph
- 25 February 2024
