James Robertson CBE (17 June 1912 – 18 May 1991) was an English conductor, best known as musical director of Sadler's Wells Opera.
[2] Together with the conductor Michael Mudie and the administrator Norman Tucker, he formed a triumvirate that ran the company.
He returned to Britain in 1958, conducting the Carl Rosa company and as a regular guest conductor at Sadler's Wells.
[1] Robertson was opera adviser to the Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1960, followed by a further spell in New Zealand, where he was artistic director of the National Opera (1962–3).
[2] In 1964 he became director of the London Opera Centre, where he encouraged many young singers who later achieved success on the operatic stage.