Metropolis Opera Project Founding Director, Zachary James, studied music and theatre at Florida State University, The University of Tennessee and Ithaca College. He has appeared on Broadway in Coram Boy, the Tony Award winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, and will appear as Lurch in the new Broadway musical, The Addams Family in 2010. A winner of the 2009 Lotte Lenya Competition, he has sung with Ash Lawn Opera (The Bonze in Madame Butterfly, Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun), Knoxville Opera (Il Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Gideon March in Little Women, Joe in The Most Happy Fella), Central City Opera (Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Jacob in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Il Tribuni in L'incoronazione di Poppea), the role of Oberon in the world premiere of Kristin Hevner's Il Sogno in Citta della Pieve, Umbria and in concert as Colline in La Bohème, Buff in The Impresario, Leporello in Don Giovanni as well as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana. In the theatre world he has performed with The Bucks County Playhouse (Abner in Lil Abner), The Pocono Playhouse (Squash in Victor, Victoria), The York Theatre (Petr in The Toymaker), Theatre By The Sea (Miles Gloriosus in Forum), The Kitchen Theatre (Major General in The Pirates of Penzance), Westport Country Playhouse and The Public Theatre. TV/Film: Carl on 30 Rock. Ballion in The Gift