Curriculum vitae

David Danholt, lyric tenor

Born on the Danish island of Funen in 1976. Took up private singing lessons with Leif Lauritsen, graduate teacher of singing, in 1996. Went to Copenhagen in 1997 to take private singing lessons with professor André Orlowitz, who then taught David for five years.

Began studying at the Opera Academy at the Royal Theatre (Professor Kirsten Buhl Møller teaching the major subject) in 2002, and graduated in the summer of 2005.

Attended master classes, taught by the singers Dame Margaret Price, Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Andreas Schmidt and the pianists Rudolf Jansen, Helmut Deutsch, Fiona Macsherry and Martin Isepp.

Extensive concert activity – both nationally and internationally. For instance: solo performance in Mozart’s ’Requiem’ in the autumn of 2002 together with the Copenhagen Festival Orchestra, Händel’s ‘Messiah’ at Christmas in 2002 together with Øresunds Barokensemble, and ‘Requiem’ together with Malmö Symfoniorkester in the spring of 2002. In the autumn of 2003, David Danholt gave a solo performance in Mendelsohn-Bartholdy’s oratorium ‘Elias’ and Mozart’s c-minor mass. Other performances: ’Judas Maccabæus’ by Händel in the spring of 2004 and ’the Creation’ by Haydn in the autumn of 2004.

In January 2004, David Danholt was part of the Opera Academy’s staging of Benjamin Britten’s opera ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the Old Stage, accompanied by the Royal Danish Academy of Music’s orchestra.

Performed in Den Jyske Sinfonietta’s Danish première of Telemann’s ‘Johannes-Passion’.

Performed in Verdi’s ‘Aida’, opening performance of the new Opera House in Copenhagen.

In August 2005, David Danholt performed the role of the Fisherman in Stravinskij’s ‘the Nightingale’ on Den Fynske Opera, winning the applause of many critics.

In addition, David Danholt has been singing together with Maestro Giancarlo Andretta in Aarhus during the annual festival week, following which Jan Jacoby, music critic at the daily Politiken, on 7 September 2005 proclaimed him ‘…. one of the coming years’ most remarkable lyric tenor talents’.

For the 2005/06 opera season, David Danholt has been engaged at the Royal Theatre as Eurimaco in ‘Odysseus’ Return’ and as Gastone in ‘La Traviata’.At the Rialto Theatre in Copenhagen, David is in January 2006 performing the part of Don Ottavio in ‘Don Giovanni’.And at Christmas this year, David will be singing in Händel’s ‘Messiah’ in Thomas-Kirche in Leipzig, Germany, together with the Mendelsohn Kammerchor conducted by Morten Schuldt Jensen. In the spring of 2006, David is going to sing Mozart’s ’Requiem’, accompanied by Collegium Musicum, which will be conducted by Michael Schønwandt in the Concert Hall in the Tivoli Gardens.

In the spring of 2005, David was awarded Léonie Sonning Musikfond’s scolarship.

In August 2005, David was enrolled in the Royal Danish Academy of Music’s two-year class of soloists. Tenor

David Danholt Solvænget 2, 2.tv. 2100 København Ø, Denmark Phone: +45 38600450 or +45 20890450 Email: [email protected] Date of birth: 17th of august 1976

Education

The Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, the Soloistclass 2005-2007 with professor Kirsten Buhl Møller The Opera Academy at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, 2002-2005 with professor Kirsten Buhl Møller Private studies with professor André Orlowitz 1998-2002

Roles performed

Mozart Don Giovanni Don Ottavio OA 2005 Verdi Aida A messenger 2005 Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lysander The Royal Theatre 2004

Roles partly performed at the Opera Academy

Verdi La Traviata Alfredo OA 2005 Gounod Faust Faust OA 2005 Mussorgskij Boris Godunov Grigorij OA 2004 Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann Hoffmann OA 2004 Britten Albert Herring Albert OA 2004 Tjajkovskij Eugene Onegin Lensky OA 2004 Donizetti L’elisir d’amore Nemorino OA 2003 Mozart Così fan tutte Ferrando OA 2003

Selected Oratorio

Schubert Mass in A flat Major 2005 Händel Messiah Øresunds Barokensemble 2004 Cherubini Messa Solenne in re minore 2004 HaydnThe Creation Den Jyske Sinfonietta 2004 Telemann Sct. John’s Passion Den Jyske Sinfonietta 2004 Händel Judas Maccabaeus 2004 Mozart C-minor Mass Den Jyske Sinfonietta 2004 Mendelsohn- Bartoldy Elijah 2003 Händel Messiah Øresunds Barok-ensemble 2002 Future engagements

Concert with Århus Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gian Carlo Andretta september 2005 Monteverdi Il ritorno d’Ulisse Eurimaco The Royal Theatre november 2005 Mozart Don Giovanni Don Ottavio The Rialto Theatre january 2005 Verdi La Traviata Gastone The Royal Theatre march 2006 Nielsen Springtime in Funen march 2006 Concert with Odense Symphony Orcestra and conductor Michael Bojesen Mozart Requiem april 2006 Collegium Musicum and conductor Michael Schønwandt in the Tivoli Concert-Hall