About
David Soar was born in Nottinghamshire and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio.
Highlights in David’s 2019/20 season include his role debut as Vodnik in a new production of Rusalka for the English National Opera and the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, and a return to Grange Park Opera for Don Pizzaro Fidelio. He will also make debuts with the London Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras with Sir Simon Rattle in performances of Beethoven’s Christus am Ölberge.
In demand on the concert platform, David’s recent engagements have included Harapha in Handel’s Samson at the Edinburgh Festival (Dunedin Consort/John Butt), Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius (BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis, Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins), Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Herreweghe & Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España/Masaaki Suzuki), Frère Laurent Roméo et Juliette (BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis), Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (Royal Northern Sinfonia/Lars Vogt), Méphistophélès in Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust (Orchestra of Opera North/Simon Wright), Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins (Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder), Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast (BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards) and Bauer in Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder (Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen).