Biography

David Soar’s highlights this season include Hobson in Peter Grimes for the English National Opera, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd for Zürich Opera House, and Fasolt in Das Rheingold also for Zürich. Recent roles have included Capulet in a new production of Roméo et Juliette for Zürich, Colline in La bohème for Royal Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, Masetto in Don Giovanni for the Met, and Mr. Flint in Billy Budd for the Royal Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and Madrid’s Teatro Real.

In concert, Mr. Soar’s recent engagements have included the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Orchestra of Opera North, and Dunedin Consort. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.

Recordings include The Dream of Gerontius and Roméo et Juliette with the BBC Symphony for Chandos; Stanford’s Stabat Mater with the Bournemouth Symphony for Naxos; Stravinsky’s Threni with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Royal Opera House on DVD for Opus Arte.