James P.

Held, Baritone
E-mail: jamespatrickheld@gmail.com

Phone: (262)510-6207

Roles
The Music Man
A Song for Susan Smith
Tosca
Cos fan tutte
Pirates of Penzance
The Master (world premiere)
Hnsel und Gretel
La Bohme
Albert Herring
Street Scene
Medea
Don Giovanni
Kiss Me, Kate
Wired for Love (world premiere)
La Bohme

Oliver Hix (Barbershop Quartet)

Sheriff Wells
Sacristan
Guglielmo
Pirate King
Hammond/Hendrik Christian Anderson
Peter (Vater)
Alcindoro
Sid
Dick McGann
Creonte
Leporello
Flynt/Gremio
The British Guy
Customhouse Official/Chorus

Colorado Symphony
CU NOW
Colorado Symphony
CU Eklund Opera
CU Eklund Opera
CU NOW
CU Eklund Opera
CU Eklund Opera
Seagle Music Colony
Seagle Music Colony
UW-Madison Opera
Seagle Music Colony
Seagle Music Colony
UW-Madison/New Muse
UW-Madison Opera

2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011

Assistant Director
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus

CU Eklund Opera
Seagle Music Colony
Seagle Music Colony
Seagle Music Colony
UW-Madison Opera

2015
2013
2013
2012
2012

CU-Boulder
CU-Boulder
CU-Boulder
CU-Boulder
CU-Boulder
UW-Madison

2013-2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2012

Other Stage Experience

Lincoronazione di Poppea
Eugene Onegin
42nd Street
Sweeney Todd
Don Giovanni

Concert and Recital Experience

Opera Outreach
Masters Recital
Masters Recital
Faculty Tuesday Recital
Faculty Tuesday Recital
Junior/Senior Recital

CU Opera Theatre Singers

American Songs
Beethoven, Liszt, Faur
Margaret McDonald, Professor of Piano
Erika Eckert, Professor of Viola
Selected Songs and Arias

Young Artist Programs

Seagle Music Colony
Seagle Music Colony

Young Artist
Young Artist

2013
2012

Education
Master of Music, Voice Performance University of Colorado at Boulder
Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013-2015
2008-2012

Awards and Recognitions

Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Voice Scholarship
Warzyn-Thorpe Scholarship
Opera Props Scholarship Award

CU-Boulder School of Music

UW-Madison School of Music
Madison Opera Props

Special Skills
Ballroom Dance (1 year training)
Whistling (in tune AND loud horse whistle)
Voice Teachers
Conductors
Directors
Coaches

Patrick Mason, Paul Rowe, Byron Jones, Stephen Lusmann, Tanya Kruse Ruck
Nicholas Carthy, Joshua Horsch, Andrew Sewell, Ching-Chun Lai
Robert Neu, Leigh Holman, Richard Kagey, David Gately, Johnathan Pape
Robert Spillman, Mutsumi Moteki, Christina Lalog, Jason Smith, David Sytkowski
October, 2015

2013
2012
2012