David Britton, Tenor
David Britton, Tenor
CONCERT REPERTOIRE
BACH
St. Matthew Passion
St. John Passion
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
Mass in G Major
Mass in G Minor
Easter Oratorio
Ascension Oratorio
(Bach) Cantatas
1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
2 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
5 Wo soll ich fliehen hin
7 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
8 Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben
9 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
10 Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
11 Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
13 Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen
16 Herr Gott dich loben wir
19 Es erhub sich ein Streit
20 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
26 Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig
28 Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende
29 Wir danken dir, Gott, Wir danken dir
31 Der Himmel Lacht! die Erde jubilieret
33 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
36 Schwingt stille euch empor
38 Aus teifer Not schrei ich zu dir
41 Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
42 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbaths
44 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun
55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht
60 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
66 Erfreuet euch, ihr Herzen
73 Herr, wir du willt, so schirk's mit mir
74 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort
75 Die Elenden sollen essen
76 Der Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
78 Jesu, der du meine Seele
80 Ein feste Burg is unsere Gott
83 Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde
85 Ich bin ein guter Hirt
87 Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten
91 Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
94 Was frag ich nach der Welt
95 Christus, der ist mein Leben
96 Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn
97 In allen meinen Taten
99 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
100 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
101 Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott
102 Herr, deine Augen
105 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht
106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
107 Was willst du dich betrüben
109 Ich glaube, lieber Herr
110 Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
113 Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
114 Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost
115 Mache dich, mein Geist bereit
116 Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ
121 Christum wir sollen loben schon
123 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog
124 Meinen Jesum lass' ich nicht
130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
131 Aus der Tiefen, rufe ich
133 Ich freue mich in dir
135 Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder
136 Erforsche mich, Gott
137 Lobe dem Herren
139 Wohl dem, der sich aus seinen Gott
140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
142 Uns ist ein Kind geboren
145 Ich lebe, mein Herze
146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
148 Bringet dem Herrn Ehre
149 Mann singet mit Freuden vom Sieg
154 Mein liebster Jesus
156 Ich steh' mit einem Fuss
157 Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich
161 Komm, du süsse Todesstunde
166 Wo gehest du hin
171 Gott, wie dein Name
172 Erschallet ihr Lieder, erklinget
173 Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut
175 Er rufet seinen schaten mit Namen
178 Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
180 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
181 Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister
182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
186 Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht
190 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
195 Den Gerechten muss das Licht
198 Trauermusik
201 Geschwinde...(Phoebus und Pan)
205 Der zufriedengestelle Aeolus
211 Schweight stille...(Coffee Cantata)
213 Lass uns sorgen...(Hercules)
BEETHOVEN
Choral Fantasia in C Minor
Mass in C Major
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9
BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliette
Te Deum
BRITTEN
Canticle II
Canticle IV (American Premier)
Les Illuminations
Nocturne for Tenor and Orchestra
Rejoice in the Lamb
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Spring Symphony
Saint Nicholas
War Requiem
BRAHMS
Liebeslieder Waltzes/Zigeunerlieder
DUBOIS
Seven Last Words of Christ
FAURÉ
Cantique de Jean Racine
Pavane
GOUNOD
St. Cecilia Mass
HANDEL
Acis and Galetea
L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato
Alexander's Feast
Dixit Dominus
Israel in Egypt
Messiah
Joshua
Samson
Ode to St. Cecilia
Dettingen Te Deum
HAYDN
The Creation
St. Nicholas Mass
Mass in the Time of War
Lord Nelson Mass
Theresien Mass
Harmonie Mass
The Seasons
HONNEGER
Le Roi David
Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher
JABLONSKI
Wisconson Death Trap (World Premier)
LADERMAN
Mass for Cain (World Premier)
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah
St. Paul
MOZART
Mass in C Major
Mass in C Minor
Requiem
Solemn Vespers
ORFF
Carmina Burana
SCHUBERT
G Major Mass
E Flat Minor Mass
Offertory, In Tende Voci
Die schöne Müllerin
SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe
Liederkreis Op 24 & Op 39
SCHÖNBERG
Gurrelieder
SCHÜTZ
Seven Last Words
STAINER
Crucifixion
STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella
Les Noces
TCHEREPNIN, I
And So It Came To Pass (World Premier)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Hodie
Mass in G Minor
On Wenlock Edge
Serenade to Music
WALTON
Facade
OPERA ROLES
Baber
The Prince
Rumplestiltskin
Beethoven Jacquino Fidelio
Berg
Andres
Wozzeck
Britten Prologue/Quint The Turn of the
Screw
Britten
Boy Player Death
in Venice
(AmericanPremier)
Britten The Male Chorus Rape of Lucretia
Britten Albert Herring Albert Herring
Cherebini
Titzikan
Lodoiska
Copland Martin
The Tender Land
Da Gagliano The Shepherd La Dafne
Debussy Pelleas
Pelleas et Melisande
Donizetti Ernesto
Don Pasquale
Donizetti Nemorino
L'Elisir d'Amore
Flotow
Lionel
Martha
Graun
Cortez
Montezuma
Haydn
Aret
Philemon
and Baucis
Haydn
Filipo
L'Infedelta
delusa
Holst
Pierre
Wondering
Scholar
Kaye
Kevin
Jubilee
(World Premier)
Leoncavallo Beppe
Pagliacci
Lully
Renaud
Armide
Lully
Hero
Amadis
Mercadante Valerio
Virginia
Monteverdi Orfeo.
Orfeo
Monteverdi Nero-Lucano-Valleto Coronation of Poppea
Mozart
Tamino
The
Magic Flute
Mozart
Don Ottavio
Don Giovanni
Mozart
Belmonte
Abduction from
the Seraglio
Mozart
Pedrillo
Abduction
from the Seraglio
Mozart
Ferrando
Cosi fan tutte
Mozart
Bastien
Bastien
and Bastienne
Mozart Biondello-Calandrino L'Oca del Cairo
Mozart
Vogelsang
Impressario
Mussorgsky Scrivner
Khovanschina
Pasatieri Felipe
The Penitentes
(World Premier)
Pergolesi Lamberto
The Music Master
Prokofiev Crupier
The Gambler
Poulenc
Chevalier
Dialogues of
the Carmelites
Puccini
Spoletta
Tosca
Purcell
Tenor-Spring
Fairy Queen
Purcell Aeneas-Sailor-Spirit Dido
and Aeneas
Rameau Dardanus
Dardanus
Ravel Teapot-Mathematique L'Enfant/Sortileges
Respighi
Collatinus
Lucrezia
Rimsky-Korsakov Mozart
Mozart and Salieri
Rossini
Prince Ramiro
Cinderella
Rossini
Lindoro
Italian
Girl in Algiers
Rossini
Count Almaviva Barber
of Seville
Smetena
Vasek
The
Bartered Bride
Stephani Giasone
Le Rivali
Concordi
Tchaikovsky Cossack
Mazeppa
Thompson St. Chaves-St.Stephen Four Saints in
Three Acts
Thomas Wilhelm
Meister Mignon
Verdi
Borsa
Rigoletto
Verdi
Fenton
Falstaff
Vivaldi
Aquillio
Il
Farnace
OPERETTA/MUSICAL THEATER ROLES
Ralph Rackstraw H. M. S. Pinafore
Frederic Pirates of Penzance
Nanki Poo Mikado
Camille The Merry Widow
Prince Sou Chong The Land of Smiles
Alfred Die Fledermaus
Eisenstein Die Fledermaus
Prince Student Prince
Lt. Karl Sweethearts
Calif Kismet
Grieg Song of Norway
Lancelot Camelot
Freddie My Fair Lady
Charlie Brigadoon
Rolf
Sound of Music
Lt. Joe Cable South Pacific
Mr. Snow Carousel
Luntha King and I
Hendrik Little Night Music
Padre Man of La Mancha
Barber Man of La Mancha
Patrick Mame
D'Artagnon Three Musketeers
Bobby-Paul Company
Minstrel Once Upon a Matress
Wizard Once Upon a Mattress
Capt. Warington Little Mary Sunshine
Jefferson 1776
Sherman 1776
Henry The Fantasticks!
Don Florito Luisa Fernanda
REVIEWS
San Francisco Chronicle
"Britton has a first-class Rossini-Mozart
tenor, with a stunning technique. He not
only rippled through the virtuosic parts,
but did so to musical and rhythmic per-
fection. In the romantic parts, Britton
floated and turned the phrases to maximum
appeal, but stylishly. His was the dominant
Almaviva, not Figaro's pawn."
Barber of Seville/N. Y. City Opera
Los Angeles Times
"A lyric tenor named David Britton
stole the show in a mini staged version
of Pergolesi's satiric two act opera buffa,
The Music Master. This leading man, is as
fine a singing actor as we've seen here in
recent years...he sings so well he
could do almost anything except the
heaviest Verdi. His acting is natural,
with flawless timing, and his vocal range is
exceptional. He has a startling, strong
low register and smooth textured,
floating top notes any soprano would
envy."
Il Maestro di Musica/Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra
Detroit Free Press
"The four soloists were uniformly excellent.
David Britton was most impressive, with a
virile, ringing voice that showed no sign
of strain. His singing was elegant as well as
dramatic, well suited to the music."
Bach Cantatas/Detroit Symphony
Washington Post
"Tenor David Britton did as well as a
mere human can with the impossibly
demanding song about the roast swan."
Carmina Burana/Washington National Symphony
Chicago Tribune
"Among the evening's soloists, the most com-
pelling was David Britton...who delivered his
text with incredible drama. Even in the florid
embellishments, Britton offered an articulation
of pitch and shaping of phrase that was abso-
lutely gripping. "
Israel and Egypt/Chicago Symphony
The Columbus Dispatch
Tenor David Britton began the proceedings
as if he were delivering the most wonderful
news in the world, which, of course, he is.
Britton brings the Old Testament to life in
thrillingly dramatic fashion. Moreover, his
beautifully clear, pure tenor sounded fresh
and at ease from beginning to end.
Handel Concert/Columbus Pro Musica
New York Times
"As Albert--the mama's boy who is chosen
May King because no suitably chaste May
Queen can be found, and then delightfully
confounds his sponsors by emancipating
himself from parental rule--David
Britton sings with real distinction. His
voice is a clear, lovely lyric tenor; his
diction is natural and easy to understand"
Albert Herring/June Opera Festival
Boston Globe
"David Britton was admirably
elegant as Damon
(whose music was once sung at the BSO by
John McCormick)."
Acis & Galatea/Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"David Britton, soloist of the evening,
proved to be a lyric tenor of
considerable gifts. His obvious strong
points are smoothness of line, intimacy
of expression and the ability to produce a
genuine, sustained and musically attractive
pianissimo...the introduction of
David Britton would alone have made
this concert worth hearing..."
Recital/Cleveland Singers Club
Kansas City Star
"Tenor David Britton has the perfect voice for,
and a complete understanding of oratorio style
singing. There is a lovely, deep center to his
voice and a focus to his vocal art. Ornaments are
sung beautifully. He is simply put, one of the
finest singers of oratorio anywhere today, not
only for his musicianship but also for his
expressiveness."
Messiah/Kansas City Symphony
Honolulu Star Bulletin
"His singing was imbued with beauty, warmth,
intelligence and sensitivity. Not only does
Britton sing beautifully, but his exceptional
technique enables him to fully explore both
music and text, giving meaning to the words
and illuminating the emotional content of the
music, while holding the audience in the palm
of his hand."
The Creation/Honolulu Symphony
High Fidelity/Musical America
"Perhaps the most interesting was the tenor
David Britton, whose 'English' voice carried an
edge that argues that it can be thrown to the
back of fairly large theaters and who gave the
stick figure of Don Ottavio an unusual and
convincing romantic vitality."
Don Giovanni/Israel Philharmonic
Dallas Morning News
"...except for David Britton...he alone brought
a sense of grace and style to the music..."
Pulcinella/Dallas Symphony
St. Petersburg Times
"Britton's voice is a gorgeous, lyric, well placed,
never forced, flexible and totally beautiful instru-
ment. His trills, high notes and pianissimos
were lovely and his comic interpretations and
timing were superb."
Cosi fan tutte/St. Petersburg Opera
New York Times
"The evening's outstanding contribution, and by
a considerable margin, came from David Britton,
the eloquent tenor soloist. His voice is fresh and
flexible, and he knows how to ornament
Handel's music in a manner that animates the
line without obliterating it."
Messiah/New York Oratorio Society
ORCHESTRA ENGAGEMENTS
New York Philharmonic
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic
St. Louis Symphony
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Minnesota Orchestra
Rochester Philharmonic
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
L'Orchestre de France
Mexico City Symphony
National Symphony (Washington)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Denver Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony
Columbus Symphony
New Haven Symphony
Phoenix Symphony
Youngstown Symphony
Kansas City Symphony
New Orleans Symphony
American Symphony Orchestra
St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra
92nd Y Chamber Orchestra
New York Chamber Orchestra
Hamburg Radio Orchestra (NDR)
New Jersey Symphony
Baltimore Symphony
Spokane Symphony
Charleston Symphony
Wichita Symphony
Amarillo Symphony
Meridian Symphony
Charlotte Symphony
Columbus Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
OPERA ENGAGEMENTS
Juilliard
American Opera Center
San Francisco Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Mini-Met
Metropolitan Opera Studio
New York City Opera
La Fenice (Venice)
Philadelphia Opera
New Orleans Opera
New York Opera Orchestra
Dallas Civic Opera
Paris Radio Opera (France)
Corfu Opera (Greece)
Spoleto (Italy)
Opera de Lyon (France)
Israel Opera
Glimmerglass Opera
Caracas Opera (Venezula)
Theatro Olympico (Italy)
Santa Fe Opera
Tulsa Opera
Ft. Worth Opera
Orlando Opera
Asolo Opera
Chautauqua Opera
St. Petersburg Opera
Knoxville Opera
Charlotte Opera
Opera South
St. Louis Muni Opera
Opera Carolina
Artists International (RI)
FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENTS
Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center
Spoleto
Aspen Music Festival
Chautauqua Festival
Caramoor Festival
Bethlehem Bach Festival
Artpark Festival
Basically Bach Festival
Grand Tetons Festival
Festival Veneto (Italy)
Corfu Festival (Greece)
Bermuda Summer Arts Festival
Lübeck Bach Festival (Germany)
CHAMBER MUSIC AND ORATORIO
Bach Aria Group
New York Pro Musica Antiqua
Waverly Consort
Clarion Concerts
Amor Artis
Schola Cantorum
Musica Eterna
New York Oratorio Society
New York Choral Society
Masterworks
St. Cecilia Society
Friends of French Opera
Little Orchestra Society
Camarata Singers
Collegiate Chorale
Philadelphia Singers
Musica Sacra
Louisville Bach Society
Greenwich Choral Society
Octavo Singers
Cleveland Singers Club
Houston Tuesday Music Club
Minnesota Bach Society
Independence Messiah Project
Charlotte Oratorio Singers
Lindsborg Festival
Augustana Handel Society
RECORDINGS
Bach: St. Matthew Passion EMI/Angel
Pergolesi: The Music Master EMI
Da Gagliano: La Dafne. Musical Heritage
Sterbini: Il Farnace Voce
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AEA Actor's Equity Association
AFTRA American Federation of TV/Radio Artists
AGMA American Guild of Musical Artists
AGVA American Guild of Variety Artists
Pi Kappa Lambda
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
College Music Society
National Association of Teachers of Singing
CONDUCTORS
Kurt Herbert Adler, Peter Hermann Adler,
Samuel Baron, Christian Badea, Daniel Barenboim,
Leonard Bernstein, Stuart Bedford,
Gary Bertini, Pierre Boulez, Richard Buckley, George Cleve,
Sergiu Commissiona, Micheal Corboz, Robert
Craft, Dennis Russell Davis, Robert De Cormier,
Gaetano Delogu, Melvin Dickinson, Antal
Dorati, Charles Dutoit, Jack Ergo, Philip
Entrémont, Sexton Ehrling, Bruce Ferden, Robert Fountain,
Paul
Freeman, Raphael Frübeck de Burgos, Roland Gagnon, Claire
Gibault,
Tom Hall, Laslo Heltay, Margaret Hillis, Newell Jenkins,
Donald Johanos, Abraham Kaplan, Varujian
Kojian, Michael Korn, Henry Lewis, Raymond Leppard,
David Lockington, Austin Lovelace, Eduardo
Mata, Jean-Pierre Marti, Thomas Martin,
Frank McKinley, Douglas McEwen, Zubin
Mehta, Michael Palmer, Eve Queler, David
Randolph, Karl Richter, Helmuth Rilling,
Joseph Resigno, Nicola Resigno, Julius Rudel, Timothy
Russell, David Schieldkret, James Sedares, Kresimir Sepuch,Thomas Sherman,
Gerard Schwarz, George Schick, Alfred Skoog,
Leonard Slatkin, Henry Charles Smith, Johanes
Somary, David Stahl, George Umberson, Richard Voit,
Richard Westenberg, Richard Woitak, Arthur Weisberg,
Sir David Willcocks, Hugh Wolfe,
Lyndon Woodside
STAGE DIRECTORS / CHOREOGRAPHERS
Alvin Ailey, David Aldon, Joseph Arpino,
Grisha Asagarov, Frederick Ashton, Gaston Benheim,
Stuart Bishop, Janet Bookspan, Jimsey de Lapp,
Dottie Danner, Jack Eddelman, Polo Falcón, Lou Galterio,
David Gately, Colin Graham, Ed Greenberg, David Holly,
John Houseman, Bliss Hebert, Windy Hilton,
Robert Joffrey, José Lemon, Rhoda Levine, Carolyn Lockwood,
Lar Lubowitch, James Lucas, Peter Martins, David Morelock,
Bill McHale, Jack O'Brian, Jean Pierre Ponnelle,
Jerome Robbins, JoAnn Tongret, Boris Tumarin, Robert Turoff,
Luciano Visconti, Norman Walker, Graham Whitehead,
Bud Whitney, William Woodman, Moni Yakim, JoAnn Yeoman
