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APRIL LYNN JAMES
MEZZO-SOPRANO

"Beauty and Inspiration"—The New York Times

2008 Queens Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant winner

2008 Urban Artist Initiative/NYC Fellowship recipient

Welcome to my web site!

I specialize in portrayals of such opera seria heroes as Handel's Ariodante (Ariodante), Mozart's Idamante (Idomeneo) and Rossini's Tancredi (Tancredi) along with their better-known standard repertory brethren such as Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) and Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier).

I am a passionate proponent of operas composed by women, including the works of my dissertation subject, Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony (1724-1780).

Additionally, I am an oratorio soloist and an expert in baroque dance.

Thank you for your interest and support. This is a constantly evolving site, so bookmark it and visit often!

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I now offer lecture-performances on Maria Antonia and Operas Composed by Women as a Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Council for the Humanities to organizations throughout New York State. For more information, please visit www.nyhumanities.org.