James McIntyre is a Scottish tenor from Dumbarton and a recent graduate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he studied under the tutelage of Scott Johnson for a Masters in Vocal Studies and previously received a First Class Honours Degree. He is currently continuing his studies privately, working closely with renowned tenor Anthony Roden.

 

During his studies, James had multiple competition successes, winning the Elgar Spedding Memorial Lieder Prize and the Hugh S Roberton Prize for Scottish Singing (including the William Alan Prize) as well as coming runner-up in the Governors Recital Prize, the A Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize, the Norma Grieg French Song Prize and the Leonie Kayser Prize.

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In 2024, James looks forward to joining the Chorus of Grange Park Opera for their 2024 summer season of Aleko, Daughter of the Regiment, Katya Kabanova and Island of Dreams. He will also be making his role debut as Gabriel von Eisenstein in Fife Opera's production of Die Fledermaus.

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Last summer, James was delighted to be a Young Artist at Waterperry Opera Festival where he took part in their main stage production of Carmen, Gala performances, and various masterclasses and coachings with experts from across the UK opera scene.

 

A keen recitalist, James regularly performs with classical guitarist Ross Morris as a Live Music Now Scotland Artist and across the Lieder and song repertoire. He has a particular interest in promoting the performance of the underappreciated Scottish Art Song repertoire including the music of Buxton Orr, Ronald Center, Francis George Scott and Ronald Stevenson.

 

With the RCS Alexander Gibson Opera School, he has recently sung the roles of Tapioca in Chabrier’s L’étoile and Tritone in Gavin Bryars’ Marilyn Forever. He toured in Scottish Opera’s Amadeus and the Bard in 2019 where he created multiple roles and was also a member of the Scottish Opera Young Company, performing as The Leader in Kurt Weill’s The Tsar has his photograph taken. On the concert stage, he has recently sung the tenor solos in Stainer’s The Crucifixion, Schubert's Magnificat in C and the Scottish premiere of Philip Wilby’s An English Passion.

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His studies were generously supported by the Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarships Trust, the RCS Trust, the McGlashan Trust, a Tillett Trust Postgraduate Bursary, and the Dick Maidment and Peggy Cooper Award from Help Musicians.

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Outside of music, James enjoys watching figure skating, baking, collecting stationary, and starting every day with a cup of matcha tea.

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