Opera
Loge
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
Regent's Opera
2025
Idomeneo
Idomeneo (Mozart)
RCS Opera School
2024
Le Prince Charmant
Cendrillon (Massenet)
RCS Opera School
2024
Sellem
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
The Grange Festival
2024
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes (Britten)
RCS Opera School
2023
Le Mari
Les mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
RCS Opera School
2023
Nathanael/Spalanzani/Franz/Pitichinaccio
The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)
Kentish Opera
2022
Loge
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
Regents Opera
2022
Don José
Carmen (Bizet)
Opera in Oborne
2022
Isepo
La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
Grange Park Opera
2022
Laca
Jenufa (Janacek)
Fulham Opera
2021
Prosdocimo
Il Turco in Italia (Rossini)
Scherzo Ensemble
2021
Starveling
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
RCMIOS
2018
Escamillo
Carmen (Bizet)
Somerset Opera
2018
Parpignol
La bohème (Puccini)
Opera UpClose
2019
Silvio
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
RCM
2019
Guglielmo
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
RCM
2018
Buff
The Impresario (Mozart)
The Opera Box
2017
Silvio
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Hampstead Garden Opera
2016
Bartolo
Il barbiere di sivilia (Rossini)
PopUp Opera
2016
Pietro
Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
Fulham Opera
2016
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Magnetic Opera
2016
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Somerset Opera
2016
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Dulwich Opera
2015
Demetrius
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Opera in the City
2015
Elviro/Ariodates
Xerxes (Handel)
Hampstead Garden Opera
2015
Harlekin
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Queen's Opera
2015
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Independent
2015
Papageno
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Woodhouse Opera
2014
Papageno
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Opera Gold
2014
Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Opera UpClose
2014
Angelotti
Tosca (Puccini)
Surrey Opera
2014
Escamillo
Carmen (Bizet)
Barefoot Opera
2014
Belcore
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Opera de Baugé
2013
Falke
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Epsom Light Opera Company
2013
Demetrius
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Opera Gold
2013
Ufficale
Il barbiere di siviglia (Rossini)
Opera de Baugé
2012
Giorgio Germont
La Traviata (Verdi)
Opera Gold
2012
Schaunard
La bohème (Puccini)
Opera Gold
2011
Operetta/G&S
Pirate King
The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan)
St Albans' Chamber Opera
2017
Eisenstein
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Opera Gold
2015
Contemporary Opera
Manuel
The Parting (Ed Lambert)
Tete a Tete Opera Festival - London
2024
Jawad
Weather The Storm (Orlando Gough)
Garsington Opera/Rosetta Life
2021
Jon/MD
Threshold (James Schouten)
Opera Harmony
2020
Merlin
Merlin (Keith Beal)
Ensemble OrQuesta
2018
Bear
Bear and Friends (Lente Verelst)
RCM
2018
Animus
Even you, lights, cannot hear me (Simone Spagnolo)
Opera in the City Festival
2017
Ernest Romily
The Life To Come (Louis Mander/Stephen Fry)
Surrey Opera
2017
Nebuchadnezzar
To Himself. Alone (Joseph Cabon)
Tête à Tête
2017
Scarpia/MD
Rock Tosca (Puccini/Schouten/Linnik)
Tête à Tête
2016
Manuel
Opera with a Title (Edward Lambert)
Tête à Tête
2015
Baritone
Calculated to Death (Sebastian Laskowski)
Tête à Tête
2014
Musical Theatre
Tony
West Side Story (Bernstein)
St Albans' Musical Theatre Company
2017
Sir Lionel
Camelot (Lerner/Loewe)
Surrey Opera
2015
Chorus
Chorus
Il barbiere di siviglia (Rossini)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
2019
Chorus
La damnation de Faust (Berlioz)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
2019
Chorus
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Tour)
2019
Chorus
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Tour)
2019
Film/TV
Recitalist
Howard's End (Brahms)
BBC
2017
Session Work
Siddartha/Various
Siddartha (Demo) (Rachel Fuller/Pete Townshend)
Independent
2016
Covered
Covered & Performed
Scenes
Premiere of New Work
Concert
COVID-cancelled
James Schouten-6521 - original color
James Schouten-7141 - original color
James Schouten-7222 - original color
'For us there was one performance which stood out above all the rest and this was James [Schouten] as Loge … James combined wonderful delivery of the text, great German, clarity of text, thought behind the text … character excellent. The thing about Wagnerian singing is combining everything isn’t it? Character, voice, text, acting and drama; and James came by far the nearest to that ideal.’ - Sir John Tomlinson - Carole Rees Awards - Mastersingers Wagner Vocal Competition 2024 https://seenandheard-international.com/2024/10/mastersingers-at-25-tenor-james-schouten-and-soprano-lorna-mclean-receive-2024-carole-rees-awards/ (2024)
'..James Schouten shines as a camp and fabulous advisor to Woran, his voice rings out crisp and bright across the hall. Schouten seems tremendously at ease breaking up the Wagnerian stasis with levity and movement.' https://www.london-unattached.com/das-rheingold-regents-opera/ (2022)
'James Schouten's foppish Loge, a hustler-in-chief who has borrowed his costume from the back of Russell Brand's wardrobe, punches through nicely.' https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/das-rheingold-review-is-this-slimmed-down-wagner-the-future-of-opera-hd72gx975 (2022)
'There are vivid performances too from James Schouten’s slippery Loge, his tenor ringing out in this vibrant acoustic' https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/14/das-rheingold-review-regents-operas-lean-and-mean-wagner-packs-a-punch (2022)
Alexander Gibson Opera School (MMus)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2022–2024
Vocal Performance (MPerf)
Royal College of Music
2017–2019
Music (BMus)
Goldsmiths' College, University of London
2010–2013
Tenor James Schouten recently graduated from the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. James switched from high baritone to tenor in 2019 after graduating from the Royal College of Music. His operatic roles include: Prince Charmant Cendrillon (RCS Opera), Idomeneo Idomeneo (RCS Opera), Zorn/Moser (cover) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Saffron Opera Group), Sellem (cover) The Rake's Progress (The Grange Festival), Don José Carmen (Opera in Oborne), Laca Jenufa (Fulham Opera), Isépo La Gioconda (Grange Park Opera) and Starveling A Midsummer Nights’ Dream (RCMIOS). Upcoming roles include Loge Das Rheingold (Regents Opera Ring Cycle) and Eisenstein Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera). James has recently been generously supported by ABRSM, The Opera Awards and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust.
www.jamesschouten.com
