James Laing counter-tenor
James Laing was a choral scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music with Robin Blaze.
Since then he has made appearances with, among others, the Classical Opera Company, the Early Opera Company, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opera North. His repertoire ranges from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas to Jonathan Dove’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and he has appeared in concert with, among others, the City of London Sinfonia, the Hallé, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, and, further afield, at the Blumental International Music Festival in Israel and the William Byrd Festival in the USA.
James has recently performed with Garsington Opera as Zelim in Vivaldi’s La verita in cimento, as Tolomeo in Handel’s Giulio Cesare for Opera North, Alessandro in Handel’s Tolomeo for English Touring Opera and Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with The Cannons Scholars at St John’s Smith Square. He sang at Carnegie Hall with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as part of the Spring for Music festival.
James’ performance in The Adventures of Pinocchio can be seen on Opus Arte DVD; and his recordings include Jonathan Dove’s Tobias and the Angel on Chandos.