Zachary James, international opera singer and Broadway actor, created the role of Lurch in The Addams Family on Broadway, Hassinger in the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, and sang Handel’s Messiah in the 2007 Broadway play, Coram Boy and played Off-Broadway as Pasquale in The Most Happy Fella, Jo-Jo in Irma la Douce both with Encores! at New York City Center. He created the role of Abraham Lincoln in the world premiere of Philip Glass’s opera The Perfect American at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a role he reprised for London’s English National Opera and Australia’s Opera Queensland. A winner of the 2009 Lotte Lenya Competition, Zach has been engaged by companies including London’s English National Opera, Spain’s Teatro Real, Australia’s Opera Queensland, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Roanaoke, Opera Ithaca, Shreveport Opera, Arizona Opera, Madison Opera, Anchorage Opera, Union Avenue Opera, Schlossoper Haldenstein, Teatro Citta della Pieve, Central City Opera, Ash Lawn Opera, Knoxville Opera, Phoenicia International Festival of Voice, Prototype Festival, Metropolis Opera Project, Chutzpah Festival, American Lyric Theatre, Illuminarts, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic, NYC Ballet, American Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Mountains, MasterVoices and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. He has performed extensively with theatre companies throughout the United States and has appeared on TV as Carl on 30 Rock opposite Steve Martin, on the 2010 Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall, PBS Great Performances, Live from Lincoln Center and the Late Show with David Letterman. A Florida native, Zach is a graduate of the Musical Theatre program at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he was recently awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award. Additional studies include Florida State University, University of Tennessee Knoxville and the Goethe Institut in Berlin. For more info visit www.ZachJames.com and follow Zach on Twitter and Instagram at @_zachary_james_
BWW Review: TURANDOT triumphs at Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
January 25, 2018
January 25, 2018
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre presented Puccini's epic Turandot as part of the company's Twentieth Anniversary season, January 19th and 21st at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, delivering a handsome production, richly adorned with all the spectacle and vocal fireworks one could hope for in a presentation of Puccini's final work.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Brings Comfort and Joy at Iowa Stage Theatre Company
December 18, 2017
December 18, 2017
Love and joy come to you , and come to you it may if you have the chance to join Iowa Stage Theatre Company as they bring 2017 to a close with A Christmas Carol. In this digital age as we increasingly turn to our screens for happy endorphins, the holidays are the perfect time to partake in the unforgettable joy and magic of sharing live arts with loved ones.
BWW Review: WAITRESS Serves at Des Moines Civic Center
December 17, 2017
December 17, 2017
The most important ingredient in every great recipe is love and it's not a secret element in the formula that made the hit musical, Waitress. She is rich with love in heaping scoops and I, for one, am ready for seconds.
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