David Daniels was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the son of two singing teachers. He began to sing as a boy soprano, moving to tenor as his voice matured. His father,baritone Perry Daniels, was one of the pre-eminent members of the performing faculty during each summer at Brevard Music Center, linked to the School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg; his mother was an opera soprano. Daniels studied music at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Dissatisfied with his achievements as a tenor, Daniels switched to singing countertenor during graduate studies at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (Master of Music in 1992) under the guidance of his teacher, George Shirley.

David Daniels American countertenor born 1966

David Daniels (born 12 March 1966) is an American countertenor.

Career

Daniels made his professional singing debut in 1992. In 1997, he won the Richard Tucker Award. In 1999, he made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera, as Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
His repertoire has grown to include other major Handel roles, including Arsace in the comedy Partenope at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera in 2014; the title role in Tamerlano; and Arsamene in Xerxes. At the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Daniels played the title roles in Rinaldo and Orlando, as well as David in Saul. He also interpreted Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. In Vivaldi’s opera Bajazet, he sang the role of Tamerlano. In 2013, he sang the title role in Giulio Cesareat the Metropolitan Opera.

Daniels has also branched out from the baroque roles usually associated with countertenors to include Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Metropolitan Opera, and as Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In July 2013 he created the role of Oscar Wilde in Oscar at theSanta Fe Opera, written for him by Theodore Morrison;  he then sang Oscar again in Opera Philadelphia’s production in 2015. The same year he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Trinculo in Thomas Adès’ opera The Tempest.

In the Fall 2015, Daniels joined his alma mater, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, as Professor of Music in Voice.  While teaching at the school, Daniels will continue an active career as a performer.

Art songs

In addition to his operatic work, Daniels also gives regular recitals, for which he has developed a repertoire that includes 19th- and 20th-century art songs not usually associated with countertenors, including works by such composers as Berlioz and Poulenc.

Personal life

Daniels, who is gay, was married in Dumbarton House to his husband Scott Walters on June 21, 2014, by United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

IN SWEDISH

Daniels fick sin första skolning av sina två föräldrar (båda sånglärare). Han startade som sopran i en kör men sjöng sedan som tenor när han blev äldre. Han visade ingen framgång som tenor under sina studier på Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music utan bytte till countertenor-stämma under sin masterutbildning för George Shirley på University of Michigan.

David Daniels, född 12 mars 1966 i Spartanburg, South Carolina, är en amerikansk operasångare (countertenor).

Han debuterade 1992 och vann Richard Tucker Award 1997. 1999 debuterade han på Metropolitan som Sesto i Händels Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Numer har han nästan sjungit alla de stora hjälterollerna som förknippas med countertenorer (varav många skrivna för kastratsångaren Senesino), bl.a.: Julius Caesar (i Händels Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Rinaldo (i Händels Rinaldo), Tamerlano (i Vivaldis Bajazet), Bertarido (i Händels Rodelinda), Arsamene (i Händels Xerxes), Ottone (i Monteverdis Poppeas kröning) och Orfeo (i Glucks Orfeus och Eurydike).

Han har en stark och virtuos röst som gör honom lämplig som barocksångare men i sitt recitalprogram sjunger han även många 1900-talsverk, till exempel Benjamin Britten.

Metropolitan Opera

[Met Performance] CID:331576 Giulio Cesare {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/1999 Debuts: David Daniels, Daniel Taylor

[Met Performance] CID:331585 Giulio Cesare {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1999

[Met Performance] CID:331594  Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Giulio Cesare {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1999 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:331606 Giulio Cesare {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/1999

[Met Performance] CID:331618 Giulio Cesare {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/1999

[Met Performance] CID:332645 Giulio Cesare {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2000

[Met Performance] CID:332660 Giulio Cesare {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/3/2000

[Met Performance] CID:332669 Giulio Cesare {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/6/2000

[Met Performance] CID:350049 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2002 Debuts: Susan Chilcott, Justin Brill, Sasha Herman, Daniel Bailen

[Met Performance] CID:350050 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/25/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350051 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/02/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350519   New Production Les Troyens {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2003 Debuts: Maria Bjørnson, Anita Yavich, Doug Varone, Kayvon Pourazar, Griff Braun Review

[Met Performance] CID:350846  Moses und Aron {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/2003 Debut: Jennifer Hines

[Met Performance] CID:351094  Metropolitan Opera Premiere Rodelinda {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/02/2004 Debuts: Kobie van Rensburg, Zachary Vail Elkind, Harry Bicket, Stephen Wadsworth, Thomas Lynch, Peter Kaczorowski Review

[Met Performance] CID:351098 Rodelinda {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351102 Rodelinda {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351107 Rodelinda {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351114 Rodelinda {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351118 Rodelinda {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351121  Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Rodelinda {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2005 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351128 Rodelinda {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/06/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351962  Giulio Cesare {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2007 Debuts: Patricia Bardon, Lawrence Zazzo, Wayne Tigges, Michael Maniaci, Trevor Scheunemann

[Met Performance] CID:351970 Giulio Cesare {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/2007 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:351977 Giulio Cesare {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2007

[Met Performance] CID:351985 Giulio Cesare {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2007

[Met Performance] CID:351992  Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Giulio Cesare {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352019  New Production Orfeo ed Euridice {83} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/02/2007 Debuts: Mark Morris, Allen Moyer, Isaac Mizrahi Review

[Met Performance] CID:352026 Orfeo ed Euridice {84} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352033 Orfeo ed Euridice {85} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/09/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352036 Orfeo ed Euridice {86} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/12/2007

[Met Performance] CID:353786  Metropolitan Opera Premiere Nixon in China {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2011 Debuts: John Adams, Peter Sellars, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Haruno Yamazaki, Kanji Segawa Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353968  Orfeo ed Euridice {94} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/29/2011 Debuts: Antony Walker, Kate Royal

[Met Performance] CID:353981 Orfeo ed Euridice {95} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2011 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353987 Orfeo ed Euridice {96} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353995 Orfeo ed Euridice {97} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353999 Orfeo ed Euridice {98} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/14/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354269   List of Selections World Premiere The Enchanted Island {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2011 Debuts: Jeremy Sams, Elliot Madore Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:354277 The Enchanted Island {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354284 The Enchanted Island {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/07/2012 Debut: Andrew Stenson

[Met Performance] CID:354293 The Enchanted Island {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2012 Debut: Jeffrey Mandelbaum Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354303 The Enchanted Island {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354308  The Enchanted Island {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/21/2012 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:354314 The Enchanted Island {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354861   New Production Parsifal {289} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2013 Debuts: François Girard, Thibault Vancraenenbroeck, David Finn, Peter Flaherty, Serge Lamothe Lauren McNeese, Jennifer Forni, Heather Johnson, Mario Chang, Rúni Brattaberg, Kiera Duffy

[Met Performance] CID:354946  New Production Giulio Cesare {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2013 Debuts: Guido Loconsolo, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, Christina Luzwick, Karla Dionne Victum, Justin Flores, Kei Tsuruharatani, Sean Chin, Matthew Cusick, Tony Guerrero, Arthur Lazalde, Shad Ramsey, Collin Ware, Philip Willingham, Christian Zaremba Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354954 Giulio Cesare {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2013 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354958 Giulio Cesare {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2013 Debut: Zephyrus White

[Met Performance] CID:354971 Giulio Cesare {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354975 Giulio Cesare {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2013 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354987  Giulio Cesare {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2013 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:354993 Giulio Cesare {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354998 Giulio Cesare {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355002 Giulio Cesare {32} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355010 Giulio Cesare {33} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355334 List of Selections The Enchanted Island {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/2014 Debuts: Nicholas Pallesen, Norman Shankle Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:355338 The Enchanted Island {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355347 The Enchanted Island {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355352  The Enchanted Island {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2014 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:355364 The Enchanted Island {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355370 The Enchanted Island {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355382 The Enchanted Island {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/2014 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718 50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2017 Broadcast/Streamed

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