| Biography | James Milligan (5 April 1928, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 21 November 1961, Basle, Switzerland) was a Canadian bass singer. Milligan, studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto from 1948 to 1955.
In 1955 Milligan became the first Canadian to win the Geneva Competition, and the same year he made his operatic debut in Toronto. 1960 brought debuts a Glyndebourne as Arbaces in Idomeneo and at Covent Garden as Escamillo. He was much admired as the Wanderer in Siegfried at his Bayreuth debut in 1961, and also enjoyed great success as a concert singer. At the time of his early death from a heart ailment he was a member of the Basle Opera. |