Bio from the London production's playbill
Jim was born in Surrey, England and studied Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Technical College in Guildford. He spent most of his teenage years and early twenties playing drums and singing in rock bands before deciding to change direction and move into rock musicals, then Operetta and Grand Opera. He has worked with such companies as Opera North, Scottish Opera, Pavilion Opera, Garsington Opera, English Festival Opera, Carl Rosa Opera, Longborough Festival Opera and The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with whom he has also recorded. Some of his operatic roles have included Pinkerton (Madame Butterfly), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Cavaradossi (Tosca), The Duke (Rigoletto), Manrico (Il Trovatore), Macduff (Macbeth), Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier), Pedrillo (Il Seraglio), 1st Armed Man (Magic Flute), Gastone (La Traviata), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus) and Rodriguez (Don Quixote). During the 2002/2003 season he sang the role of Rodolfo for Scottish Opera in their production of La Bohème. Since then he has toured the USA with London City Opera, singing Pinkerton in their production of Madam Butterfly in association with Columbia Artists and performed the role of the Duke in Rigoletto in Tokyo with Pavilion Opera. He has also performed the role of Ralph Rackstraw for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Jim has also performed widely on the concert platform, performing recitals and concerts in such countries as Holland, Tokyo, the United States of America, Belgium, Tunisia, Hungary, Austria and the United Kingdom. He is currently covering the role of Alfredo in La Traviata for Opera North in Autumn 2003, and performing the role of Ubaldo Piangi in The Phantom of the Opera marks Jim's debut in the West End in 2003/2004.
Jim Heath's website can be found at jimheath.net.
