James J. Kee, baritone

Starvling in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Previous Engagements at HGO:

• Corporal, Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment (2007)
• Novice's Friend, Britten's Billy Budd (2008)
  

Recent Engagements:

• Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute at Palm Beach Opera
• Fiorello in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Silvano in Verdi's A Masked Ball and Antonio  in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at Opera Company of Philadelphia
• Lord Sidney in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims with the Accademia in the Rossini Festival.
• Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Junius and Targuinius in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Ruggiero in Handel's Alcina at Curtis Opera
• Edward Gaines in Richard Danilpour's first opera, Margaret Garner at Opera Company of Philadelphia
• covered the Steward in the American premiere of Jonathan Dove's Flight

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

• Mr. Kee is the vocalist in an audio recording of Ned Rorem's Aftermath song cycle, which is included with The Curtis Opera Theatre's recording of Rorem's Miss Julie on the Albany label.

Did you Know?

• Mr. Kee is a first-year artist with Houston Grand Opera Studio.
• He is a native of Washington, D.C.
• While at Curtis Opera, he worked with artists such as James Levine, Thomas Hampson and William Bolcom in master classes.