One of the UK’s most versatile baritones, with a formidable reputation for not only his vocal prowess, but also for his refined acting and charismatic stage presence.
Formerly a Senior Chorister at Westminster Abbey, David grew up in southern Africa, which inspired him to read zoology and go on to teach biology at Epsom College before studying singing with Rudolf Piernay at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
In the 2025/26 season, he returns to Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Mamma Agata in Donizetti’s Prima la Mamma and to Grange Park Opera as Alberich in Das Rheingold. He also makes his house debut at the Royal Swedish Opera as Figaro in Figaro Gets a Divorce, and appears on the concert platform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and with the Huddersfield Choral Society in Handel’s Messiah.
In recent years, David has gained critical acclaim for interpretations including Papageno (ENO), Mazeppa (Mazeppa, Grange Park Opera), Sancho Pança (Don Quichotte, Bregenz Festival and Staatstheater Darmstadt); Alberich (Das Rheingold, Deutsche Oper am Rhein); Stárek (Jenůfa, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen); Bluebeard (Bluebeard); Baron Jaroslav Prus (The Makropoulos Affair); Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale); Leporello (Don Giovanni); Wolfram (Tannhäuser); Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde); Barnaba (La Gioconda); Ford (Falstaff) and Posa (Don Carlo); Marcello (La bohème); Roucher (Andrea Chénier); Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore); Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia).
Last updated: 16th April 202
