James Pease

James Pease (9 January 1916, in Indianapolis – 26 April 1967, in New York City) was an American bass-baritone, notable for his Wagnerian roles. He was also a distinguished Balstrode in Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, a role which he was the first to perform in the US in 1946, and later recorded under the composer's direction in 1958.