BIOGRAPHY

David Howes is a bass-baritone from Limerick, where he began his studies with Olive Cowpar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, and is a current member of the ensemble at Oper Köln, where he was also part of the International Opera Studio from 2021-2023.  David is also a graduate of The ABL Aviation Opera Studio with Irish National Opera, the inaugural Wexford Factory at Wexford Festival Opera, and the Young Artist Programme with Northern Ireland Opera.

 

Oratorio performances include Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shephard (Westdeustcher Rundfunkhausorchester, Köln) Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Co-Orch Dublin), Requiems by Mozart, Faure, and Brahms, Haydn’s The Creation and Handel's Messiah (Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, and Limerick Choral Union, Ireland).

 

With Oper Köln, David has performed the roles of: William Parkinson in world premier of Frank Pesci’s The Strangers, Sciarrone in Tosca, Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Premier Soldat Troyen & Un grand Prêtre de Pluton in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and Roland Angeler in the German Premier of Marius Felix Lange’s Der Gesang Der Zauberinsel,. Other opera roles include: Abbot and Ferryman in Britten’s Curlew River (Theater Aachen), Polizei Kommissar in der Rosenkavalier (Irish National Opera), Esel in Attila Kadri Şendil’s die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, der Kerkermeister in Carl Orff’s die Kluge, Deninskin in York Höller’s Der Meister und Margarita, König & Sprecher in Der Teufel mit den drei Goldenen Haaren by Stefan Johannes Hanke and Gottfried Klepperbein in Eröd’s Pünktchen und Anton (All with Oper Köln), Don Fernando in Fidelio, Doganiere in la Boheme and Buff in Der Schauspieldirektor ( All with Irish National Opera), Badger and Parson in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Longborough Festival Opera Emerging Artist Programme), The Colour Green by Robert Coleman (INO’s 20 Shot of Opera), Count Ceprano in Rigoletto (OTC), the title role in Hans Krasa’s Brundibar (Killaloe Chamber Music Festival), Marchese d’Obigny in La Traviata (Lyric Opera), Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro (Zerere Arts Festival, Portugal), Sciarrone in Tosca (Wexford Festival Opera), Father Truelove in The Rake’s Progress and Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

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For the most up to date biography, please contact David directly on davidhowesbb@gmail.com.

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