Meet WNO
James Southall
Overview
James Southall has conducted several leading opera companies and
orchestras including Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera, Sinfonia
Cymru, L'orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Camerata Nordica and Opéra de
Baugé. He has also been Assistant Conductor to Lothar Koenigs, Carlo Rizzi,
Tomas Hanus and Mark Wigglesworth. An award-winning pianist, James has
performed recitals at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and live on BBC Radio 3. He
has collaborated with Sir Bryn Terfel, Rebecca Evans, Elizabeth Watts and
Ailish Tynan.
Recent engagements at WNO: Conductor Roberto Devereux, La
traviata, Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, Le Vin herbé