David McFerrin
Praised by The New York Times for his "appealingly textured sound," baritone David McFerrin is building a critically acclaimed career across a variety of genres. Recently he debuted with Boston Lyric Opera in Handel's Agrippina and Seattle Opera in the World Premiere production of Daron Hagen's Amelia, and this fall appears as Claudio in Berlioz' Beatrice et Benedict with Opera Boston. Other operatic roles have included Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas and Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri. On the concert stage, Mr. McFerrin has performed Monteverdi's Vespers at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel and the Israel Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, and with the Boston Pops. He has also sung at the Blossom, Marlboro and Caramoor Festivals, and completed a residency with the French Early Music ensemble Les Arts Florissants. A new resident of Boston, he has been a soloist with various local choral ensembles, sings with the Handel & Haydn Society, and serves as bass section leader for the choirs at Trinity Church.
