David Daniels (born 12 March 1966) is an American singer. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He is one of the best-known and highly regarded countertenors in modern operatic history. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto He is greatly admired for the power, agility, and tonal beauty of his voice as well as his rugged good-looks and stage presence.

Youth

Daniels was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the son of two singing teachers. Spartanburg is the largest city in and the County seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United He began to sing as a boy soprano, moving to tenor as his voice matured. The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice He studied music at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music was a Conservatory, part of a girls' Finishing school, founded in 1867 in Cincinnati Ohio. Dissatisfied with his achievements as a tenor, Daniels switched to singing countertenor during graduate studies at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research

Professional debut

Daniels made his professional singing debut in 1992. In 1997, he won the Richard Tucker Award. The Richard Tucker Award is awarded annually by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation to an American -born Opera singer on the threshold of a major national In 1999, he made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Sesto in Giulio Cesare. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Giulio Cesare in Egitto ( Julius Caesar in Egypt) (HWV 17 is an Italian Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. His repertoire has grown to include other major Handel's roles, including Julius Caesar: Arsace in the comedy Partenope (at the Lyric Opera of Chicago), the title role in Tamerlano and Arsamene in Xerxes. For other uses see Parthenope Partenope is an Opera by George Frideric Handel composed in 1730 with an Italian Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. Tamerlano ( Tamerlane) (HWV 18 is an Opera in three acts with music by George Frideric Handel to an Italian text by Serse ( Xerxes) ( HWV 40 is an Opera seria by George Frideric Handel. At the Bavarian State Opera in Munich he played the title roles in Rinaldo and Orlando as well as David in Saul. The Bayerische Staatsoper ( Bavarian State Opera) is an Opera company based in Munich, Germany in existence since 1653 Rinaldo ( HWV 7 is an Italian Opera by George Frideric Handel, now a part of the standard operatic repertoire Orlando (HWV 31 is an Opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. Furthermore he interpreted Ottone in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea. L'incoronazione di Poppea ( SV 308 The Coronation of Poppea) is an Opera seria in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian In Vivaldi's opera Bajazet, he sang the role of Tamerlano. Bajazet (pronounced bajazˌe; also called Il Tamerlano) is an Italian Opera composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1735.

Daniels has also branched out from the baroque roles usually associated with counter-tenors to include Oberon in Benjamin Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Metropolitan Opera and as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Orfeo ed Euridice (French version Orphée et Eurydice; English translation Orpheus and Eurydice) is an Opera composed by Christoph Willibald WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest

Art songs

In addition to his operatic work, Daniels also gives regular recitals, for which he has developed a repertoire that includes nineteenth and twentieth century art songs not usually associated with countertenors, with works by such composers as Berlioz and Poulenc. See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30,

External links

• David Daniels' website
• Interview with David Daniels (in parterre box)