James Kryshak

Birthplace:
Baldwinsville, New York, USA

Studies:
Bachelor of Arts degree in Music (Voice) and German from Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL), Masters Degree in Opera Performance from the University of Wisconsin Madison

Prizes:
Finalist in the Ferruccio Tagliavini International Vocal Competition in Deutschlandsberg, Austria (2005), Semi-Finalist in the Klassik Mania Competition in Vienna (2005), Winner in District (Wisconsin 2008, Minnesota 2009) and Regional (Upper Midwest 2009) levels Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Metropolitan Opera National Semi-Finalist (2009), Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Prize in Male Voice (2011), Lola Fletcher Prize of the American Opera Society of Chicago (2011), Shouse Career Grant (Wolf Trap Opera, 2012), The Richard Gold Career Grant (The Shoshana Foundataion & Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2012)

Important parts:
Borsa (Rigoletto), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Little Bat (Susannah), Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), the School Master (The Cunning Little Vixen), Scaramuccio (Ariadne auf Naxos), Teacher (Lady MacBeth), et al.

Stages:
Bergen National Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera de Lyon, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Glyndebourne Opera, et al.

Cooperations with directors:
Christof Loy, Pierre Audi, Neil Armfield, Otto Schenk, et al.

Cooperations with conductors:
Marco Armiliato, Sir Andrew Davis, Michele Mariotti, Alejo Perez, Donald Runnicles, Thomas Søndergard, Franz Welser-Möst, et al.