David Evitts (Baritone)

Born: USA

The American baritone, David Evitts, enjoys a wide-ranging career as a soloist on orchestral, ballet, and operatic stages, as well as recordings.

Since his debut in 1994 as the Sacristan in Tosca, David Evitts continues his association with the Metropolitan Opera in productions of Andrea Chénier, La traviata, and The Merry Widow. He performed the role of Rossini’s Bartolo in the Met’s Summer Parks Concerts, and also toured with the company’s production of Tosca in Japan. He portrayed Mozart’s Bartolo in the Peter Sellars production of Le nozze di Figaro, seen in New York, Paris, Vienna, and on PBS’s ‘Great Performances.’ Some recent highlights of his career include Faninal in Washington Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier; the Marquis in Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites at Tulsa Opera; and a return to the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for their production of George Frideric Handel’s Radamisto.

David Evitts, baritone, joins Boston Lyric Oprera (BLO) in 2000-2001 season as Leporello in Don Giovanni. He returns after singing the title role in Falstaff; Frére Laurent in Roméo et Juliette; and Pangloss/Voltaire in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide.

Source – Boston Lyric Opera Website (2000-2001)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2001)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Samuel Baron / Yehudi Wyner

Bass

BWV 147, BWV 198
Selections from BWV 139, BWV 146, BWV 159

Thomas Dunn

Bass

BWV 248

Links to other Sites

David Evitts - Baritone (Boston Lyric Opera)

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