David Gagnon

David Gagnon

Tenor

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My Special Day - The Student Prince

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Serenade - The Student Prince

Tenor David Gagnon holds audiences spellbound with his dynamic performances and charismatic singing, acting and good looks. Upcoming engagements include Camille in The Merry Widow at Bear Valley Music Festival in California, followed by Frederic in Pirates of Penzance at Opera Columbus and several concerts with Gold Coast Opera in 2011.

Last summer David returned to the Bear Valley Festival as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore, where he also performed a Broadway highlights concert. Highlights of the fall season included Hooker in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline at Dicapo Opera Theatre in New York City. Emmeline received an encore performance in Hungary in November which was broadcast throughout Europe.

In the 2008-09 season, David sang Paris in Ward’s The Crucible with Dicapo Opera Theatre both in New York and on tour in Hungary. He also made his debut as Tamino with Townsend Opera in California to rave reviews. Recently David returned to Skylight Opera Theatre as John Lorimond in Midnight Angel (David Carlson/ Peter S. Beagle) and sang his first Alfredo in La Traviata in a production adapted and directed by Dimitri Toscas. He portrayed J. E. B. Stuart in the world premiere of Kirke Mecham’s opera John Brown at Lyric Opera Kansas. In addition, David performed pops concerts with both the Pasadena Symphony and the Bear Valley Festival in California.

Other performances include Les Folies de ĹOpérette with Opéra Français, Camille in The Merry Widow with Opera Columbus, and his debut as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater. David performed a Broadway Night with the Opera Columbus and a Bernstein Tribute in his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. A versatile artist, he sang the role of Grendel Shadow in Elliot Goldenthal’s new opera Grendel with Lincoln Center Festival and Los Angeles Opera, and appeared as Ferrando in Giorgio Strehler’s production of Cosi fan tutte in Athens, Moscow, and Recacati, Italy. David sang Filch in The Beggar’s Opera with Teatri di Bari, Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio at Skylight Opera Theatre, the Prince in The Student Prince with Opera Columbus, and Frederic in Pirates of Penzance at Michigan Opera Theater.

David is in high demand as a concert performer, having recently sung Schubert’s Mass #4 in C and Gloria from Haydn’s St. Cecelia Mass with the Rochester Oratorio Society. He won praise for his appearance of Lysander in John de Lancie’s innovative production of Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as his performances of Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Other concert performances include the soloist in Laud to the Nativity with The Festival Choir of Madison, Fascinatin’ Rhythm with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra, soloist/Abbott in Schumann’s Manfred with the American Symphony Orchestra and the world premiere of Shining Brow with Madison Opera.

On the musical theatre stage, David performed Lesgles and Enjolras in Les Miserables on Broadway for several seasons. Other credits include Ragtime (First National Tour), H.M.S. Pinafore, Utopia Limited, The Sorcerer, and Jinx in Forever Plaid (Chicago and Milwaukee). In New York, David participated in the development of new musicals/operas with NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program (Don Imbroglio, Dreamland) and American Opera Projects (To scratch an Angel, Before Night Falls).

7/23/10