James King
Born: 22nd May 1925, Dodge City, Kansas,
Died: 20th November 2005, Naples, Florida
Nationality: American
James King was an American operatic tenor who had an active international singing career in operas and concerts from the 1950s through 2000. Widely regarded as one of the finest American heldentenors of the post-war period, he excelled in performances of the works of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.
King made several recording during his career, most notably singing the role of Siegmund in Die Walküre for Sir Georg Solti's famous recording of Wagner's Ring Cycle. He was a member of the voice faculties at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), James King (tenor) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Bernstein: Mahler
Christa Ludwig (contralto), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Joseph Flummerfelt (chorus master), James McCarthy (chorus master), Jaap van Zweden (violin), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano), Friedrich Pfeiffer (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), Hermann Prey (baritone), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Judith Blegen (soprano), Uwe Theimer (chorus master), Gerti Zeumer (soprano), James King (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Westminster Choir, New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
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Schmidt, F: Notre Dame
Hartmut Welker (baritone), Kurt Moll (bass), James King (tenor), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Hans Helm (baritone), Horst R. Laubenthal (tenor), Andreas Juffinger (organ), Kaja Borris (mezzo-soprano) RIAS Chamber Chorus, St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christof Perick
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