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James
McOran-Campbell
Baritone and language tutor
ABOUT ME
The guiding lights in my life have always been music and languages, whether studying French and Russian at Exeter university, working as a CIMA Financial Analyst for an international company, teaching English in Milan, performing operas around the world, studying for a PGCE at Canterbury Christchurch in MFL or teaching French and Spanish in a secondary school in Kent. I now enjoy combining a performing career with vocal and language tuition. Lots of information is available on this website, but please contact me for any further details you require.
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
"James McOran-Campbell’s honeyed tones make Falke rather lush... McOran-Campbell inhabits the world of the piece throughout with joyful intensity" Charlotte Valori, Theatrecat.com. August 2019
"...His wily friend Falke – James McOran-Campbell in Batman T-shirt – the nanny Adele, got up as Rhianna (Abigail Kelly), and Rosalinde (Claire Wild), the cool, long-suffering wife, were assured and witty, both musically and dramatically" Fiona Maddocks, Guardian, 10th Aug 2019
"...and James McOran-Campbell, whose effortless stage presence and dramatic ability was wonderfully equalled vocally. McOran-Campbell demonstrated astonishing range, dramatically and vocally, with an absolutely charming, all-controlling God, a menacing and malevolent Leftovers and an utterly resplendent Poor Thing with wonderfully camp vocal exhibitions while encased in a shining skin-tight outfit." Edward Lewis, Classicalsource.com
E V E N T S 2019 - 2020
March to
May
Performances 28 April - 16 May.
Mr Jones in Kurt Weil's Street Scene for Oper Köln, co-production with Teatro Real Madrid and Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Aug
1-14
August 2019. Dr. Falke in a re-imagined version of Strauss' Die Fledermaus with Baseless Fabric Theatre.
Venue: Arcola Teatre, Grimeborn Ferstival
Sep
14-26
September 2019. 14th-26th
Return to Moscow, St Petersburg and Yaroslavl with London Festival Opera for gala concerts featuring popular operatic repertoire.
N E W S
Highlights:
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Excited to be asked to kick off 2020 with two performances of Don Pasquale in Sweden for Jönköpings Sinfonietta.
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Revisiting the role of Count Danilo in Lehar's timeless The Merry Widow.
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Planning and rehearsing new concert programmes for Opera Galleria's 2020 summer Classifolk season. Bookings are coming in! Can't wait!
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Fun performances and great reviews (4* in the Guardian) of Die Fledermaus at the Arcola Theatre, Grimeborn Festival.
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Fantastic run of Street Scene for my Cologne Opera debut with magnificent cast. Great city to work in too!
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Opera Galleria's Classifolk debut performances in France enthusiastically received at La Fête de Bonnat, L'Auberge de la Tour, La Cellette, Villelongue d'Aude.
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2018: Revival tour of Kiss me Kate with Opera North in Leeds, London and Ravenna. A lot of fun with a great cast!
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Schumann's Dichterliebe and Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel with pianist Laetitia Federici, presented by actor Mark Hardy and with original artwork by Alexander Anderson-Hall.
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24-hour jump-in to sing Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles with Ciara Hendrick, Andrew Mathews-Owen and John Reid at St John's Smith Square.
Oct
23-26
October 2019. 23rd, 25th & 26th
Role of Dr. Malatesta and also directing the production of Don Pasquale for Burry Port Opera under Ryan Lee.
Jan 2020
5-6
January 2020. 5-6 Gala performances as Dottore Malatesta in Donizetti's Don Pasquale for Jönköpings Sinfonietta, Sweden, under Christian von Gehren, directed by Chris Cowell
Mar
21
21 March, 2020. 7.30pm
Beethoven's Mass in C under Tim Hooper and with the Bournemouth Bach Choir.
Venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset
May
23-25
23-25 May 2020. Count Danilo in Simon Butteriss' production of The Merry Widow for Iford Arts as part of the Bath and Salisbury Festivals. Conducted by Oliver Gooch
June
13&25
13and 25 June 2020. Classifolk's concert season kicks off with performances at the Village du Livre et des Arts de Montolieu at the Maison Malast.