in Elektra; Calaf in Turandot; Lohengrin; Don Jose in Carmen; Erik in Der fliegende Holländer; Siegmund in Die Walküre; Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos; Cavaradossi in Tosca; Walther in Die Meistersinger; Captain Vere in Billy Budd; and Drum Major in Wozzeck. His final appearance was on April 27, 1996 singing Walther in the finale of Die Meistersinger to conclude the James Levine Gala. Later in life, King was a music and voice professor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (IU) from 1984 until his retirement from teaching in 2002. His last performance was in 2000 as Siegmund at IU. King died on November 20, 2005, of a heart attack in Naples, Florida. References External links "Opera tenor James King dies at age 80" (USA Today November 22 2005) Interview with James King by Bruce Duffie, December 9, 1988 James King papers, 1940-1999, bulk 1968-1999 at the Indiana University Archives. Recordings with James King in the Felsenreitschule in the Online Archive of the Österreichischen Mediathek 1925 births 2005 deaths American operatic tenors Heldentenors Jacobs School of Music faculty Louisiana State University alumni Singers from Kansas Classical musicians from Kansas Österreichischer Kammersänger People from Dodge City, Kansas University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty 20th-century American male opera singers