David Soar

We are delighted to announce the world management of British bass David Soar. David was born in Nottinghamshire and studied organ and singing at the Royal Academy of Music. After working as a freelance organist, singer and conductor, including the post of Director of Music at All Saints Paris Church, Kingston, he joined the Chorus of Welsh National Opera, where he also performed a number of roles including Captain/Zaretsky Eugene Onegin, Doctor Grenvil La Traviata, Bertrand Iolanta and Sarastro The Magic Flute. After studying at the National Opera Studio David returned to WNO as an Associate Artist, where roles include Colline la Boheme, Zuniga Carmen, Bonze Madam Butterfly, Brander The Damnation of Faust, Bass The Seven Deadly Sins, Ferrando Il Trovatore, Alidoro La Cenerentola, The King Aida and Lodovico Otello. Other roles include Banquo Macbeth, Zaccaria Nabucco, Alvise Badoero La Gioconda for Opera Holland Park, and Donner Das Rheingold for Lucerne Festival.

David’s concert repertoire includes Messiah, Creation, Elijah, Mozart and Brahms Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 and Missa Solemnis, Verdi’s Requiem, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet, Bach’s mass in B minor, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and numerous cantatas including Ich habe genug for solo bass.

Future plans include the title role in Le nozze di Figaro for WNO, Alfonso Lucrezia Borgia for the Buxton Festival, and performances of Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and with the RWCMD under Sir Charles Mackerras.