A former Head Chorister of Westminster Abbey, David studied Zoology at Durham University, sang with the choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge and studied on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

His extensive oratorio repertoire includes Bach St. John and St. Matthew Passion (both Salisbury Cathedral), B Minor Mass and Haydn Nelson Mass (Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square), Mozart Requiem (Sir Roger Norrington and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment), Verdi Requiem and A Child of Our Time (both King’s College, Cambridge), Carmina Burana (Snape Maltings), A Sea Symphony (Bach Choir), a new CD recording of The Creation with New College Choir and the Oxford Philomusica, Messiah and Die Matthäus Passion with the Hallé.

His operatic roles include: Angelotti Tosca and Mick Playing Away for the Bregenzer Festspiele; Don Juan The House of the Dead for the Teatro Massimo, Palermo; Schaunard La Bohème for English National Opera; Schaunard, Speaker The Magic Flute, Le Dancaïre Carmen for Welsh National Opera; Harasta The Cunning Little Vixen and Papageno The Magic Flute for Grange Park; Marcello La Bohème for Mid-Wales Opera; Aeneas Dido and Aeneas for English Touring Opera.

Current season/future plans: Flemish Deputy Don Carlos, Manz A Village Romeo and Juliet for the Royal Opera House, Nachtigall Die Meistersinger, Papageno, Falke Die Fledermaus, Ping Turandot for Welsh National Opera, Roucher Andrea Chenier for the Bregenzer Festspiele.