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date = "2016-05-24T06:21:00-04:00"
discipline = "Bass"
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publishDate = "2016-05-24T06:21:00-04:00"
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slug = "david-soar"
title = "David Soar"

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David Soar was born in Nottinghamshire and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and subsequently at the National Opera Studio. 

Highlights in his 2016/17 season include Animal Tamer & Athlete _Lulu_ (English National Opera), Mr Flint in a new production of _Billy Budd_ (Madrid's Teatro Réal) and Cadmus & Somnus in a new production of _Semele_ (Garsington Opera). Concert engagements include _The Dream of Gerontius_ (Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner), Mendelssohn's _Elijah_ (Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Herreweghe) and Berlioz' _La damnation de Faust_ (Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder). 

Recent appearances have included Colline _La bohème_ and Masetto _Don Giovanni_ (Metropolitan Opera); Escamillo _Carmen_, Masetto _Don Giovanni_, Mr Flint _Billy Budd_ and Collatinus _The Rape of Lucretia_ (Glyndebourne); Le Duc _Roméo et Juliette_ (Salzburg Festival); Quinault _Adriana Lecouvreur_ (Covent Garden); Nilakantha _Lakmé_ (Opera Holland Park); Basilio _The Barber of Seville_, Roy Disney _The Perfect American_ and Bernardino _Benvenuto Cellini_ (English National Opera) and Leporello _Don Giovanni_, Figaro _Le nozze di Figaro_, Escamillo and Sparafucile _Rigoletto_ (Welsh National Opera). 

Future seasons see him return to the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, the English National Opera and Madrid’s Teatro Réal. 

Highlights on the concert platform include _The Dream of Gerontius_ and Frère Laurent _Roméo et Juliette_ (BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis), _Messiah_ (The English Concert/Harry Bicket & Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr), Haydn's _Die sieben letzte Worte_ (Orchestre des Champs Elysées/Phillippe Herreweghe), the title role in Handel's _Saul_ (BBC Singers), Weill's _The Seven Deadly Sins_ (Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder), Walton’s _Belshazzar’s Feast_ (BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards), _Wozzeck_ (Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen), Seneca _L’incoronazione di Poppea_ (Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr), and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Sir Charles Mackerras). 

Recordings include _The Dream of Gerontius_ and _Roméo et Juliette_ for Chandos (both BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis); Stanford’s _Stabat Mater_ for Naxos (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Hill); Stravinsky’s _Threni_ (Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Phillippe Herreweghe) and _Adriana Lecouvreur_ on DVD for Opus Arte with Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kaufmann (Royal Opera House Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder). 