Curriculum vitae

CV of David Danholt, Tenor

Born in Faaborg, Denmark

Education:

Private studies with Leif Lauritsen and André Orlowitz

2002-2005: The Opera Academy at the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen

2005-2007: The Soloist Class, The Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen

2007-: Private studies with Tonny Landy, Gregory Lamar, Reinaldo Macias, and Klavs Lewinsky

Opera

2004Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, DK
2005A Messenger, Aida, Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, DK
Eurimaco, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, DK
Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, The Rialto Theatre, Copenhagen, DK
2006Gastone, La Traviata, Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, DK
2007The Fisherman, Le Rossignol, Bramstrup, DK
2008Faust, National Opera, Århus
Steuerman, Der fliegende Holländer, National Opera, Århus, DK
Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, National Opera, Århus, DK
2009Nemorino, L'Elisir d'Amore, National Opera, Århus, DK
Alfredo, La Traviata, National Opera, Århus, DK
2010Idomeneo, National Opera, Århus, DK
SS-Officer and cover the role of Walter, Die Passagierin, Bregenzer Festspiele, AU
Hans, The Bartered Bride, Staatstheater Mainz, DE
2012Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, National Opera, Århus, DK
Idomeneo, Grange Park Opera, UK
Junger Seemann & Hirte, Tristan & Isolde, National Opera, Århus, DK
2013Claudio, Das Liebesverbot (Wagner), Oper Leipzig/Bayreuther Festspiele, DE
Arindal, Die Feen (Wagner), Chelsea Opera Group, London (Concert performance), UK
2014Claudio, Das Liebesverbot (Wagner), Oper Leipzig, DE
Arindal, Die Feen (Wagner), Oper Leipzig, DE
Erik, Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner), The Florentine Opera Company, Milwaukee, USA
Candide, Candide (Bernstein), Concert Performance, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
2015Accurato, Andre Bygninger (Pape), Den Fynske Opera, DK
Tamino, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), Slotsopera/Valdemars Slot, DK
Walter, Die Passagierin, (Weinberg), Michigan Opera House/Detroit, USA
2016Tobias, Tobias and the Angel (Dove), Münchener Rundfunkorchester (concert performance), DE
Walter, Die Passagierin (Weinberg), Florida Grand Opera/Miami, USA
Erik, Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner), Seattle Opera, USA
Florestan, Leonore (Beethoven), Buxton Festival, UK
2017Baron Lummer, Intermezzo (Strauss), Concertgebouw/Amsterdam, NE (concert
performance)

Orchestras

  • Tivoli Symphony Orchestra
  • Odense Symphony Orchestra
  • South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
  • Århus Symphony Orchestra
  • Ålborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Leipziger Chamber Orchestra
  • Kristianssand Symphony Orchestra
  • Gewandthaus Orchestra, Leipzig
  • Münchener Rundfunkorchester

Conductors

  • Nicolas Braithwaite
  • Michael Schönwandt
  • Morten Schuldt Jensen
  • Tobias Ringborg
  • Stefan Solyom
  • Carlo Rizzi
  • Teodor Currentzis
  • Filippo Maria Bressan
  • Giordano Bellincampi
  • Nicholas Kraemer
  • Constantin Trinks
  • Ulf Schirmer
  • Adam Fischer
  • Niels Muus
  • Joseph Rescigno
  • Fabio Luisi
  • Steven Mercurio
  • Sebastian Lang-Lessing
  • Juanjo Mena
  • Christian Kluxen

Concert engagements

2011Requiem, W.A. Mozart, South Jutland Orchestra
The Creation, Joseph Haydn, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Symphony nr. 10, Ib Nørholm, Odense Symphony Orchestra
Messiah, Georg Friedrich Händel, Odense Symphony Orchestra
Christmas Oratorio, J.S. Bach, Ålborg Symphony Orchestra
2012Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Britten, South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
Messa di Gloria, Puccini, Nordschlegswigsche Musikvereinigung
Stabat Mater, Dvorak, Malmoe Symphony Orchestra
Missa Solemnis, Beethoven, Orquestra Metropolitana, Lisbon
Messiah, Händel, Camerata Copenhagen
2013Die Feen, Wagner, Chelsea Opera Group, London, UK
Stabat Mater, Dvorak, South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, DK
Missa Solemnis, Beethoven, Orquestra Metropolitana, Lisboa, Portugal
Ninth Symphony, Beethoven, Norlandsoperans Symphony Orchestra, Sweden
Requiem, Mozart, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Norway
Elijah, Mendelsohn-Bartholdy, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden
Messiah, Händel. Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen, DK
2014Stabat Mater, Dvorak, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, DK
9th Symphony, Beethoven, Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Copenhagen, DK
9th Symphony, Beethoven, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Norway
2015Springtime in Funen, Nielsen, Odense Symphony Orchestra, DK
Requiem, Dvorak, DK
Hymnus Amoris, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, DR Concert Hall/Copenhagen, DK and Royal Albert Hall/London, UK

Prizes/Awards

Hans Voigts Mindelegat

Reumerts Talentpris

Musikanmelderringens Kunstnerpris

Léonie Sonnings Talentpris

Aksel Schiøtz Prisen

1.Prize, The International Wagner Competition/Seattle