Ana James Soprano

Lyric coloratura soprano Ana James was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. A recent graduate of the Benjamin Britten International Opera School, Royal College of Music London, she studies with Lillian Watson. A winner of several scholarships and competitions, she is the inaugural recipient of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Scholarship. Ana is also a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, where she studied with Marlena Kleinmann Malas. She was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera Covent Garden from September 2005 to July 2007.

Engagements in the 2009/10 season include Donna Anna in the new production of Don Giovanni with Opera Holland Park

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