Zachary James

Zachary James is a stage and screen actor, recording artist and international opera singer from Spring Hill, Florida. He was honored as the Vocalist of the Decade and Performer of the Decade by BroadwayWorld, Breakout Artist of the Year by Verismo Magazine, Most Innovative Artist by Classical Post and top 30 most influential LGBTQ+ artists by OperaWire. He majored in Musical Theatre at Ithaca College and made his Broadway debut in Coram Boy at the Imperial Theatre. He played Thomas Hassinger in the original cast of the Tony Award winning production of South Pacific at Lincoln Center and created the role of Lurch in the Broadway musical of The Addams Family. His TV debut was opposite Tina Fey and Steve Martin as Carl, a Federal Agent, on 30 Rock. His professional operatic debut came in 2013 when Philip Glass wrote the role of Abraham Lincoln for him in the world premiere of The Perfect American at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a role he revived on the West End for English National Opera and in Brisbane for Opera Queensland. He created the role of Amenhotep in the Olivier Award winning production of Akhnaten on the West End for English National Opera, a role he revived for The Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera and was broadcast to movie theatre worldwide live from The Metropolitan Opera in 2019. He has sung with top orchestras and opera companies around the world and played John Claggart in the Emmy Award winning broadcast of Billy Budd filmed live from Des Moines Metro Opera for PBS. His debut visual album, Call Out, has been seen in thirty film festivals worldwide and was honored at the 2020 Classical Music Digital Awards in London.