James Flora - Tenor
Performance Photos
 Falstaff Fenton 2009-2010 |
 Carmen Dancaïro 2009-2010 |
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Photo credit David Bachman
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Biography
James Flora is a first-year Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera. In the 2009-2010 season he performed as Fenton in Falstaff and Dancairo in Carmen.
Before coming to Pittsburgh Opera, Mr. Flora was a Young American Artist at Glimmerglass Opera, covering Gastone in La traviata in the summer of 2009. He also was a member of the Arizona Opera young artist program for two seasons and made his Arizona Opera debut as Malcolm in Macbeth. He also performed as Elder Gleaton in Susannah, Nemorino in the School Tour performances of The Mini Elixir of Love and appeared on the main stage as Spoletta in Tosca. Mr. Flora’s other mainstage credits include covering the roles of Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Nemorino in The Elixir of Love and Ottavio in Don Giovanni. He also performed several small roles and understudied leading tenor roles in productions of Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute and La traviata.
Mr. Flora holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from The Ohio State University and a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Florida State University. While at Florida State he sang the roles of Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Mayor in Albert Herring and The Man in the world premiere of The Art. He also worked with GRAMMY© Award-winning artists Janice Harsanyi and John Corigliano, and GRAMMY© nominee Stanford Olsen while at Florida State University.