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: Assistant
Conductor The Cunning Little Vixen,
Conductor Roberto
Devereux, La traviata, Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, Le Vin herbé