James Quilligan is a British baritone working across the opera, concert and recital stages. He has performed with companies including The Grange Festival, English Touring Opera, Grange Park Opera, and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras. Recent operatic engagements include Eugene Onegin, Achilla in Giulio Cesare, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia and Dandini in La Cenerentola, alongside appearances in Flight by Jonathan Dove, Le Nozze di Figaro, Billy Budd and Die Dreigroschenoper. Alongside his solo work, James performs regularly with the Royal Ballet and Opera Chorus. He has also created roles in new works with ensembles including Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the Helios Collective.

 

On the concert platform, James performs regularly across the UK and Europe. Engagements have included appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Stanford’s Songs of the Sea and Vaughan Williams’ Willow Wood. His repertoire also include the Bach Passions, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Harmoniemesse, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs

 

A committed recitalist, James has appeared at Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St George’s Hanover Square. In 2021, he was awarded the Elgar/Spedding Lieder Prize with pianist Amy Chang.

 

James trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and was a Monteverdi Choir Apprentice.