James Patterson, whose “beautifully expressive bass just keeps getting better and better” (San Francisco Examiner), has been praised by some of the most respected critics in the United States, including Andrew Porter, who called him “a bass to watch — sonorous and beautiful in timbre” (New Yorker).

Mr. Patterson’s career has taken him to opera companies throughout the United States, with highlights including engagements with Chicago Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, New York City Opera, San Diego Opera, Miami Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre. He has also performed extensively throughout Canada, singing a variety of major roles with The Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, and the opera companies of Manitoba, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, and Ottawa. 

International highlights include roles with the Netherlands Opera, performances of Peter Sellars’ controversial Don Giovanni in France, and concerts in Madrid for the New York City Opera. Mr. Patterson also performs frequently on the concert stage with highlights including appearances with the Boston Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, and at Carnegie Hall in a concert performance of Handel’s Semele with Marilyn Horne and Kathleen Battle.