James King (May 22, 1925 – November 20, 2005) was an American operatic tenor who had an active international singing career in operas and concerts from the 1950s through 2000.
King was born in Dodge City, Kansas, to an Irish father and a mother of German lineage.
He earned a bachelor's degree in music from Louisiana State University in 1949, where he trained to be a baritone with Dallas Draper.
[2] He then joined the voice faculty of UMKC, where he taught for nine years and began performing in concerts and operas as a baritone.
[1] He began retraining his voice with French baritone Martial Singher and later German tenor Max Lorenz in order to achieve this goal.