Opera
Idomeneo
Idomeneo (Mozart)
RCS Opera School
2024
Le Prince Charmant
Cendrillon (Massenet)
RCS Opera School
2024
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes (Britten)
RCS Opera School
2023
Le Mari
Les mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
RCS Opera School
2023
Loge
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
Regents Opera
2022
Don José
Carmen (Bizet)
Opera in Oborne
2022
Isepo
La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
Grange Park Opera
2022
Starveling
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
RCMIOS
2018
Laca
Jenufa (Janacek)
Fulham Opera
2021
Escamillo
Carmen (Bizet)
Somerset Opera
2018
Parpignol
La bohème (Puccini)
Opera UpClose
2019
Buff
The Impresario (Mozart)
The Opera Box
2017
Silvio
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
RCM
2019
Guglielmo
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
RCM
2018
Silvio
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Hampstead Garden Opera
2016
Bartolo
Il barbiere di sivilia (Rossini)
PopUp Opera
2016
Pietro
Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
Fulham Opera
2016
Demetrius
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Opera in the City
2015
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Magnetic Opera
2016
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Somerset Opera
2016
Marcello
La bohème (Puccini)
Dulwich Opera
2015
Elviro/Ariodates
Xerxes (Handel)
Hampstead Garden Opera
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
Demetrius
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Opera Gold
2013
Giorgio Germont
La Traviata (Verdi)
Opera Gold
2012
Schaunard
La bohème (Puccini)
Opera Gold
2011
Ufficale
Il barbiere di siviglia (Rossini)
Opera de Baugé
2012
Falke
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Epsom Light Opera Company
2013
Escamillo
Carmen (Bizet)
Barefoot Opera
2014
Harlekin
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Queen's Opera
2015
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Independent
2015
Belcore
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Opera de Baugé
2013
Prosdocimo
Il Turco in Italia (Rossini)
Scherzo Ensemble
2021
Nathanael/Spalanzani/Franz/Pitichinaccio
The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)
Kentish Opera
2022
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
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
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Competitions
Finalist - Marmo all'Opera, Carrara, IT (2022)
'..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
Canadian-born tenor James Schouten is studying at the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of Stephen Robertson. James' switched from high baritone to tenor in 2019 after graduating from the Royal College of Music. His performed operatic roles include: Loge Das Rheingold (Regents' Opera), Don Jose Carmen (Opera in Oborne), Laca Jenufa (Fulham Opera), Isepo La Gioconda (Grange Park Opera), Eisenstein Die Fledermaus (Opera Gold), Parpignol La boheme (Opera UpClose), Starveling A Midsummer Nights’ Dream (RCMIOS), Bartolo Il barbiere di siviglia (PopUp Opera), Silvio I Pagliacci (Hampstead Garden Opera) and Harlekin Ariadne auf Naxos (Queens’ Opera). Recent contemporary projects include Tony West Side Story, Animus/Pianist in Simone Spagnolo's Even you lights, cannot hear me (Opera in the City Festival), Nebuchadnezzar in Joseph Cabons' To Himself, Alone, Jawad in Orlando Gough’s Weather The Storm (Garsington Opera/Rosetta Life), Scarpia/Musical Director/Keys Rock Tosca, and Jon/Composer/Musical Director of lockdown micro-opera Threshold for OperaVision's 2020 competition Opera Harmony. James is generously supported by ABRSM and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust.
