James Eder is a bass from Columbus, OH. His voice has been acclaimed as a “solid bass” that is “robust” and “resonant” and having “ample quality and quantity.” He has performed in a variety of concerts and in roles ranging throughout the operatic and theater repertoire. His dramatic interpretations have been hailed as “inspired,” “laugh-out-loud funny,” “a comic delight” and “marvelously sinister and threatening.” In the winter of 2021, James returned to Sarasota Opera to perform the roles of Vespone in Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Ormondo in Rossini’s L’inganno felice, and in the spring, James reprised Ormondo with Opera Southwest. In 2020, James was in Sarasota covering the roles of Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette and Alcindoro in La bohème when the season was brought to a halt by shutdowns across the world. Despite challenges surrounding the operatic community, James was fortunate enough to continue to make music, and during the summer of 2020 and was a young artist with Chautauqua Opera, notably performing in the world premiere song cycle, In Our Silence. Other recent engagements include Colline in La bohème with Cleveland Opera Theater, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos with Cincinnati Opera, The High Priest of Baal in Nabucco with Sarasota Opera and The Judge in Cincinnati Opera’s production of Another Brick in the Wall by composer Julien Bilodeau and librettist Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (based on the Pink Floyd album of the same name). James earned a M.M. in Vocal Performance degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a B.M. in Vocal Performance degree from The Ohio State University. Additionally, James has worked with opera companies including Sarasota Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Southwest, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Columbus, Knoxville Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Cleveland Opera Theater, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, Opera Project Columbus, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, and Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company.