James Oldfield was a Choral Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Geography. He was then the Sir Thomas Allen Scholar at the Royal College of Music, and subsequently the inaugural Independent Opera Scholar at the Benjamin Britten Opera School. In December, James performed in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen on a tour of Israel with the Retrospect Ensemble. His recent concert performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Monteverdi’s Vespers with the London Handel Orchestra. James’s future engagements include Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera, a Purcell programme at the Wigmore Hall, and Handel’s Messiah in the Spitalfields Festival. Please see www.james-oldfield.com for more information.