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| Daniel Washington, baritone... | |
b i o g r a p h y.......back to roster....up February 2008 Baritone Daniel Washington enjoys a career that brings him to the world’s major opera houses and concert stages, pairing him with such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink and Charles Dutoit. His "rich, resonant voice and well shaped phrases were the highlight of the evening," opined the Palm Beach Daily News. "It was compelling singing that set the stage for the most emotional part of the production." During the 2007/08 season, Washington can be heard in one of the main staples of his repertoire, Porgy and Bess, at the Fondazione Teatro Massimo, with the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra, the Helena Symphony and, most importantly, in June 2008 on tour with Opéra Comique and stops in Paris, Caen and Luxembourg. Among Washington’s recent highlights figure concert versions of Porgy and Bess with the Berlin Philharmonic under Rattle, Montreal Symphony under Dutoit, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and Cincinnati Pops. He has also portrayed Wolfram in Tannhäuser at the Palm Beach Opera and Balthazar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, directed by the composer. Overseas, he has appeared in concert with the Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony, the Bayerische Rundfunk, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich. As a recitalist, he has appeared in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Spoleto Festival USA. Highlights of his operatic career include his Royal Opera Covent Garden debut in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by Bernard Haitink, and his debut as Porgy at La Fenice in the highly acclaimed production of Porgy and Bess directed by Götz Friedrich. He also created the role of Steven Biko in the world premiere of the opera Biko for the Royal Opera’s Garden Venture Project. Other opera engagements include Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida at the Stadttheater Saarbrücken, Jochanaan in Strauss’ Salome at the Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Marcello in La Bohème at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, the title role in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra at the Stadttheater Luzern and the title roles in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Stadttheater Hof in Germany. Daniel Washington has won many awards, including the First Prize in the International Voice Competition of Toulouse and the First Prize in the International Competition of Lyric Singing in Verviers. He also won the Bad Hersfeld Opera Prize in recognition of his excellence in performing the role of Jokanaan in Strauss’ Salome. His recordings include the Baritone Solo in Appalachia by Delius, Pizarro in Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Tarquinio in Respighi’s Lucretia. |
. o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......back to roster....up Adam/Joseph - Le Mystere de la Nativite Amonasro - Aida Count Almaviva - Le nozze di Figaro Crown - Porgy and Bess Der Kaliph - Der Barbier von Baghdad Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni Escamillo - Carmen Fr. Ambrose - The Devils of Loudon Gasparo - Rita Giorgio Germont - La Traviata Guglielmo - Cosi fan tutte Holländer - Der Fliegende Holländer Jochanaan - Salome Joe - Showboat Malatesta - Don Pasquale Marcello - La Boheme Morales - Carmen Music Master - Il maestro di cappella Pizzaro - Fidelio Porgy - Porgy and Bess Renato - Un ballo in maschera Silvano - Un ballo in maschera Simon - Simon Boccanegra Tarquinio - Lucrezia Tom & Baritone - Trio Blue Monday Blues and Trouble in Tahiti Valentine - Faust b i o...r e s u m e...o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e...r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . . |
. r e v i e w s......back to roster....up “Daniel Washington not only makes believable Simon’s transformation from beloved soldier to Doge, a statesman in conflict between his emotions and duty, he grows to a near god. Unforgettable.” Luzerner Neuste Nachricthen “Daniel Washington proved to be a singer with an impressive array of timbres and with the ability to make stylistic leaps from the Baroque through the contemporary.” Greensboro News and Record “One simply cannot say enough about Washington’s commanding tour-de-force performance. He gave a sonorous, beautiful voice to the fire and brimstone prophet Elijah.” The Greenville News “Washington’s robust baritone electrified the audience, filling the auditorium from top to bottom.” The Grand Rapids Press “The great surprise of the evening for me was Daniel Washington. A magnificent stage presence and a magnificent voice, he sang with a beautiful, expressive, and appealing timbre. His performance is clearly the triumph of the evening!” Vaterland “… at the end of the opera the hauntingly beautiful strains of the First Boatman (Daniel Washington) sounded through the theater like a quiet benediction.” London Sunday Times “Wolfram’s opening aria was beautifully controlled by baritone Daniel Washington, whose rich, resonant voice and well shaped phrases were the highlight of the evening. It was compelling singing that set the stage for the most emotional part of the production.” Palm Beach Daily News “As Don Giovanni, Daniel Washington was in magnificent vocal form.” Neue Züricher Zeitung b i o...r e s u m e...o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e...r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . . |