Jamez McCorkle

Last season he made two exciting company debuts, with Kentucky Opera as Tamino Die Zauberflöte and Michigan Opera Theatre as Lensky Eugene Onegin, a role he debuted at the Spoleto Festival in 2017. His assignments in Zürich included Deux Gardes Manon, Normanno Lucia di Lammermoor and Mastro Trabuco La forza del destino. Last season his roles there were title role (cover) Idomeneo, Remendado and Don José (cover) Carmen, 1st Geharnischter Die Zauberflöte and Mastro Trabuco La forza del destino.

McCorkle also joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and was invited to take part in the Young Artist Programme of the Salzburg Festival, where he appeared as Fante del Consiglio I due Foscari and covered Tito La Clemenza di Tito. At Curtis Opera Theatre he appeared as Ruggero La Rondine, Nolan Doctor Atomic and Male Chorus The Rape of Lucretia.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, McCorkle is an alumnus of the Mannes College, The New School for Music and Loyola University New Orleans. He has also attended several summer programs including Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, I Sing Beijing, Houston Grand Opera Young Artists' Vocal Academy, the Music Academy of the West, and the International Vocal Arts Institute. He is a winner of several awards and competitions including the George London Competition, Sullivan Foundation, Brava! Opera Competition, National Opera Association Vocal Competition and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Gulf Coast Region.

2019/20 season / 349 words. Not to be altered without permission.