| Biography | South African baritone Dawid Kimberg was a Jette Parker Young Artist for The Royal Opera 200911, singing roles including Steersman (Tristan und Isolde), Moralès (Carmen), Marullo (Rigoletto) and Surintendant des Plaisirs (Cendrillon). Since leaving the Programme he has returned to sing Masetto (Don Giovanni) for the Company.
Kimberg was born in Johannesburg and moved to the UK in 2001 to study singing with Ryland Davies at the Royal College of Music and at the National Opera Studio. Kimberg's engagements include Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus) for Bolshoi Opera, Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) for Opera Holland Park, Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) for Glyndebourne on Tour, Mr Gedge (Albert Herring) for Théâtre du Capitole du Toulouse and Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) for Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
Kimberg regularly performs in many major oratorio works in the UK and beyond, and in recital has sung at the Wigmore Hall. Further concert appearances include Schuberts song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang in the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House. (October 2014) |