James Cleverton

Cleverton’s current engagements include Starek Jenůfa under the baton of new music director Jakub Hrůša, Johann Werther and Mathieu Andrea Chénier under conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, cover Alberich Das Rheingold and the title role Wozzeck and (Royal Opera House); create the role of Leonid in Sonata for Broken Fingers (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group); and perform Marco Il Trittico conducted by Carlo Rizzi, Barone La Traviata under Alexander Joel (Welsh National Opera); and on the concert platform Gualtiero Edgar (Opera Holland Park); the Baritone soloist for Opera Favorites (Welsh National Opera).

Cleverton’s previous seasons’ highlights include Alberich Das Rheingold, The Protector Written on Skin, Johann Werther, Barone Douphol La Traviata, and Pablo in Thomas Adès The Exterminating Angel (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); John Sorel Der Konsul (Opernhaus Zürich); J. Robert Oppenheimer Doctor Atomic, Aristaeus Man The Mask of Orpheus, Mr Kallenbach Satyagraha, Horemhab Akhnaten, the Photographer in the world premiere of Jack the Ripper, and Punch Punch and Judy (English National Opera); the title role in Schweitzer’s Jakob von Gunten (Theater Saint Gallen); Chou En-lai Nixon in China (Irish National Opera); Papageno Die Zauberflöte (Theater Saint Gallen; Scottish Opera); Count Asdrubale La Pietra del Paragone (Opernhaus Zürich); Dulcamara L’elisir D’amore (Scottish Opera); Ford Falstaff (Grange Park Opera); Sharpless Madam Butterfly & Marcello La bohéme (Royal Albert Hall); Barone Douphol La traviata (Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera, Opera North); Gusmano Alzira (Buxton International Festival); Frank Die Fledermaus (Welsh National Opera); Kyoto Iris and White Rabbit in the world première of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Holland Park); and roles at the Salzburger Festspiele, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Garsington Opera, International G&S Festival, D’Oyly Carte Company, and Opéra de Rennes. Subsequent roles include Beckmesser Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen, the title role Wozzeck, Johannes Morgen und Abend, Stern Anna Nicole, Theseus The Minotaur, 'N' Dionysus, and the title role Jakob Lenz.

He can regularly be seen performing with leading orchestras such as The Hallé Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under illustrious conductors such as Sir Mark Elder, Sir Antonio Pappano, Donald Runnicles, Daniel Oren, Marc Albrecht, Martyn Brabbins, Edward Gardner, Franz Welser-Möst, George Benjamin, Thomas Adès and Karen Kamensek.