Jamez McCorkle

Jamez McCorkle ( ; born ) is an American opera singer. A tenor, he is known for originating the title role in the 2022 opera Omar. McCorkle originally focused on piano before switching to voice, later graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music. Prior to that, in 2012 he took part in the "I Sing Beijing" program, performing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), and appeared on a popular China Central Television program, performing George Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So" alongside American soprano Meghan Picerno and Dutch-Canadian Tenor Lucas van Lierop.

His other operatic roles include Peter the Honeyman in Porgy and Bess, the Duke of Cornwall in Lear, Leonard Woolf in The Hours, and Telemaco in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.