David Kravitz, baritone

Baritone David Kravitz is increasingly in demand on both the operatic and concert stages.  He appeared last season with James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and the previous season in Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron, and he has been a featured artist for the last two seasons at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.  Other recent opera roles include the title role in Wozzeck with the New England Philharmonic, Leporello and the title role in Don Giovanni, Figaro in The Barber of Seville, and Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress. This season he returns to Opera Boston for Weber’s Der Freischütz,  to Boston Modern Orchestra Project for John Harbison’s A Winter’s Tale, and to Orchestra 2001 for the world premiere of Thomas Whitman’s A Scandal in Bohemia.

Mr. Kravitz makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in December, singing the bass arias in Handel’s Messiah under Julian Wachner; last season he garnered rave reviews for his work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.  Later this season, Mr. Kravitz returns to Emmanuel Music for his ninth performance of the St. Matthew Passion, and to Boston Baroque for Bach's Magnificat at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.

Mr. Kravitz’s commitment to new music has led to his presentation of world or regional premieres of numerous contemporary works, including Edward Cohen’s opera The Bridal Night and Andy Vores’ song cycle Goback Goback with Collage New Music; John Harbison’s Four Psalms with Cantata Singers (released on CD by New World); Tod Machover’s Resurrection with Boston Lyric Opera; James Primosch’s Songs and Dances from “The Tempest” and Thomas Whitman’s opera The Black Swan with Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001; and George Rochberg’s Sacred Song of Reconciliation with Boston Modern Orchestra Project.  This year he presented the Boston premiere of Scott Wheeler’s The Gold Standard with Dinosaur Annex, and the world premieres of short operas by Andy Vores and Theo Loevendie with Boston Musica Viva.