Tenor David Britton enjoyed a versatile career as an established chamber musician, opera and concert singer, musical theater artist and teacher. He performed as a soloist with most of the country’s leading symphonies including The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The National Symphony of Washington. Abroad, he’s been heard with L'Orchestre National de France, The Israel Philharmonic, La Symphonie de Montréal, The Toronto Symphony, La Sinfónica de la Ciudad de México, La Orquesta Sinfónica de Caracas and Das NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg and others.
As a young singer starting out in New York City, he was a member of the prestigious Juilliard Opera Center and The Metropolitan Opera Studio concurrently and his formal operatic debut with The San Francisco Opera as Belmonte in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio came soon after. His other opera credits include the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, the Philadelphia Opera, The Israel Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, L'Opéra de Lyon (France), The Dallas Opera, The Caracas Opera, New Orleans Opera, The Glimmerglass Opera and many other North American companies.
A five-time guest artist with Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, he has been engaged by festivals in Aspen, Grand Tetons, Spoleto (Italy), Athens, Greece, Art Park and at Caramoor. Britton was a long time tenor-soloist of New York’s renowned Bach Aria Group, and appeared as solo artist with The New York Pro Musica Antiqua, The Waverly Consort and Musica Sacra.
As a symphony concert artist, Britton worked with conductors Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Slatkin, Antal Dorati, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Raphael Frübeck de Burgos, Gerard Schwarz, Helmuth Rilling, Raymond Leppard, Donald Johanos, Margaret Hillis, and David Willcocks. As a recording artist, he can be heard on the Angel, EMI, Musical Heritage and Voce labels. His teaching credits include the University of Southern California, the State University of New York (SUNY Stony Brook), and Professor of Voice at Arizona State University.