James Morris

Biography

James Peppler Morris (born 10 January 1947) is a leading American bass-baritone opera singer. He is known for his interpretation of the role of Wotan in Richard Wagner's operatic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Metropolitan Opera video recording of the complete cycle with Morris as Wotan has been described as an "exceptional issue on every count." It was broadcast on PBS in 1990, to the largest viewing audience of the Ring Cycle in human history. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Die Walküre

as Wotan

Das Rheingold

as Wotan

Otello

as Jago

Siegfried

as Wanderer

Verdi: Macbeth

as Banquo

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

as Don Giovanni

Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

as Jacopo Fiesto

Puccini: La Boheme

as Colline

The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

as Lodovico