James Bailey

Tenor James Bailey, a native of Baltimore, has sung leading roles with several regional opera companies including Greensboro, Annapolis, Summer Opera at Catholic University, and National Opera, based in Raleigh, NC.  These roles include Ferrando and Lindoro in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algieri; Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore; Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; and both Dr. Cajus and Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff.  Mr. Bailey has also been featured in secondary roles with Des Moines Metro Opera, Baltimore Opera, and The Washington Opera (TWO).  He has appeared in TWO’s productions of Susannah, La Traviata, Baby Doe, and Romeo et Juliette, as well as The Crucible, by Robert Ward.  Mr. Bailey also appeared as Reverend Parris in The Crucible for the Lyric Opera of Cleveland.  He has most recently appeared with the Baltimore Opera as the Fourth Jew in Strauss’ Salome, and Trin in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West. 

Mr. Bailey has concertized throughout the Baltimore-Washington area in various works by Haydn, Haendel, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saens and Orff.  He is a recipient of a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied voice with Phyllis Bryn-Julson.  While Mr. Bailey maintains a private voice studio, he is also a member of the voice faculty at Howard Community College and is the coordinator for the noncredit division, The Music Institute.