News

May 1st 2009

James is delighted to launch his new website: www.jamesbenjaminrodgers.com. The site will be the definitive location to keep in touch with James' career as it develops. It will contain the latest information on projects James is involved in and will also carry multimedia of James performing both live, and in the studio. He very much looks forward to having you at the site and hopes you will enjoy visiting it to see what he is up to.

April 25th 2009

In May James will join the Encanta Collective for a performance in St. George's Chapel in New York. See flyer below for further details.

January 20th 2009

James has been selected to participate in the Liederkranz Competition's finals concert taking place on January 21st at the Liederkranz in New York. See calendar for further details.

December 15th 2008

James has been named as a semi-finalist in the Young Concert Artist competition. The semi-finals will take place in New York on the 13th of January. See calendar for further details.

October 10th 2008

James will perform the role of Tamino for the Southern Opera production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" in September/October 2009. The production will take place at the James Hay Theater in Christchurch, New Zealand and runs for 6 performances. See calendar for further details.

September 29th 2008

James has been invited to perform a recital as part of the "Schwabacher Debut Recital Series" in San Francisco on March 8th 2009. He will perform with pianist and head of music for the San Francisco Opera Center, Mark Morash. The recital will include works by Rachmaninoff, Lilburn, Tosti and Benjamin Britten's masterful song cycle "Winter Words".

July 24th 2008

Albert Herring Review, Joshua Kossman, San Francisco Chronicle:

"At the center of the production, happily, was tenor James Benjamin Rodgers, giving a detailed and vocally resplendent performance in the title role."