James Chamberlain is a dramatic tenor who has been praised by OPERA NEWS for singing with "brilliance and passion" while being "eloquent and moving." His singing has also been described as having a "heroic sound that made the cinder block walls ring." The Houston Press added, “His wrenching final aria to Nedda was heartbreakingly tender.”

James made two role debuts in 2023 as Ruggero in Puccini’s La rondine and the title role in Wagner’s Siegfried. He has performed the role of Siegmund from Wagner’s Die Walküre with TUNDI Productions, Cavaradossi from Tosca with Mobile Opera and Druid City Opera, Canio from I pagliacci with Opera Ithaca and Opera in the Heights, Roberto in Puccini's first opera Le Villi with Bel Cantanti Opera, Pollione with St Petersburg Opera and Don Jose with Kingwood Summer Opera. He has performed both Turridu and Canio in a night of Cavallaria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. He has sung principal roles with Houston Grand Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Wichita Grand Opera.

 James' orchestral works include the Tenor solo in Beethoven’s 9th symphony and Pilate in Bob Chilcott's St John's Passion, where he worked firsthand with the composer. He also has sung Des Grieux from Manon Lescaut and Bacchus from Ariadne auf Naxos in concert.

James spent three summers attending the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices where he studied with opera legend Dolora Zajick. He was twice an Emerging Artist with St Petersburg Opera. He also spent a season as a Studio Artist with Sarasota Opera. James studied at Penn State University where, as a baritone, sang roles such as Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Rigoletto in Milton Granger's Talk Opera, Doctor Gregg in Douglas Moore's Gallantry, and King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors. He also performed in two children's opera by Seymour Barab, Chanticleer as the Fox, and Little Red Riding Hood as the Wolf. His final role at Penn State was Peter in Hansel and Gretel.

James’ schedule for 2024 includes Don Jose in Carmen: Caged by Fate, a reduced version of Bizet’s masterpiece sung in English, in March and a recital April 9th for the Cypress Creek FACE Promenade Series. He will then return to TUNDI Productions in August for the final opera in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Götterdämmerung, in which he will perform the role of Siegfried.