Background
LOCKHART, James was born on October 30, 1930 in Edinburgh. Son of Archibald C. Lockhart and Mary B. Lawrence.
LOCKHART, James was born on October 30, 1930 in Edinburgh. Son of Archibald C. Lockhart and Mary B. Lawrence.
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh and Royal College, of Music.
Conductor and music director Assistant Conductor, Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra 1954-1955. Repetiteur and Assistant Conductor, Stadtisehe Biihnen Munster 1955-1956, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich 1956-1957, Glyndeboume Festival Opera 1957-1959.
Director Opera Workshop, University of Texas 1957-1959.
Repetiteur and Assistant Conductor, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1959-1960, Conductor 1962-1968. Conductor, Sadler"s Wells Opera 1961-1962.
Professor Royal College, of Music 1962-1972. Musical Director Welsh National Opera 1968-1973.
Generalmusikdirektor, Staatstheater Kassel 1972-1980, Rheinische Philharmonie, Koblenz and Theater der Stadt Koblenz since 1981.
Principal Guest Conductor, British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra 1982-1987. Director of Opera, Royal College, of Music since 1986.
Married Sheila Grogan in 1954.