| Biography | David Danholt won a First Prize at the 2014 Seattle Opera International Wagner Competition and a 2009 Reumert Talent Award. Born in Funen, he trained at the Royal Academy of the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, and then in the soloist class of the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen. He has established a strong relationship with Den Jyske Opera, where he has sung Nemorino Lelisir damore, the title role inFaust, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, the title role inIdomeneo, Alfredo La traviata, The Steersman Der fliegende Holländer and Young Seaman / Shepherd Tristan und Isolde.
His wider engagements have included Lysander A Midsummer Nights Dream and Eurimaco Il ritorno dUlisse at the Royal Danish Opera, Robert Lanyon Dr Jekylls advokat with Den Fynske Opera,Jenik The Bartered Bride at the Staatstheater Mainz, Arindal Die Feen and Claudio Das Liebesverbot for Oper Leipzig and SS - Officer The Passenger at the Bregenz Festival, a production now available on Neos Blu Ray and DVD, and at the Teatro Real Madrid. He made his UK debut in the title role of Idomeneo with Grange Park Opera and sang Arindal Die Feen for Chelsea Opera Group.
David Danholt is also an experienced concert artist, singing with orchestras including the Ålborg Symphony Orchestra, the Århus Symphony Orchestra, the Esbjerg Ensemble, the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Metropolitana, Lisbon, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra and the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra. Conductors with whom he has worked in opera and concert include Nicholas Braithwaite, Nicholas Kraemer, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Joseph Rescigno, Tobias Ringborg, Carlo Rizzi, Michael Schönwandt, Stefan Solyom, Constantin Trinks, Jin Wang, Hilary Davan Wetton and Dominic Wheeler.
Current engagements include Tobias Tobias and the Angel for the Munich Radio Orchestra, Tamino Die Zauberflöte for Valdemars Castle Summer Opera, Eisenstein Die Fledermaus and Springtime in Funen with the Odense Symphony Orchestra, Accurato Andre Bygninger for Den Fynske Opera, Baron Lummer Intermezzo at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Erik Der fliegende Holländer for the Florentine Opera Company and Seattle Opera, Walter The Passenger for Florida Grand Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and Messiah with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak Stabat Mater with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Candide and Elijah with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Rued Langgards Antichrist at Ribe Cathedral and Mozart Requiem with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He returns to the UK to sing Nielsen Hymnus Amoris with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra for his debut at the 2015 BBC Proms. |