We hope that these reflections from James’s friends, family, and colleagues will help everyone better appreciate the critic, doyenne, and lionhearted rabble-rouser who lit up our lives.

Donations in James’s honor may be made to The Trevor Project.

Special thanks to video editor Adam Mack.

Slideshows by Benjamin Klema, Fly on the Wall Productions

Interested in any of the artists, speakers, or articles mentioned during the program?

• Steven Labrie, baritone
• Sarah Joy Miller, soprano
• Adam Nielsen, piano
• Dorothy Bishop
• Jeré Longman, The New York Times
• James on the new Bayreuth Ring
• Parterre’s first accredited Met Review, by Chris Corwin
• Zachary Woolfe’s New York Observer profile of James
• Dawn Fatale @ Parterre
  • Albert Innaurato’s Screed
  • … and James’s reply
• Harry Rose on Anna Nicole