American bass-baritone David Pittsinger is renowned as a stage and concert performer of the greatest distinction for his dramatic portrayals in the world’s major opera houses. This season, David returns to the Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Dr. Podsnap in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Awakenings.

Recent operatic highlights include appearances at:
- The Metropolitan Opera in Thaïs, Cyrano de Bergerac, Tales of Hoffman, and Dialogue of the Carmelites;

• Opera San Antonio and Opera Omaha in Faust;

• Houston Grand Opera in Francesca Zambello’s production of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas;

• Dallas Opera in The Magic Flute; - Opera Theatre of St. Louis in The Coronation of Poppea;

• Dutch National Opera and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in The Rake’s Progress;

• Washington National Opera in a new production of Phillip Glass’ Appomattox.

David’s performance as Emile de Becque in South Pacific has been seen at the Kennedy Center and on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater, and on a national tour with performances in Toronto, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Providence, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Spokane, and Costa Mesa, among other cities.

David’s versatility and elegant musicianship on the operatic stage, on Broadway, with major symphony orchestras, or on Grammy-winning recordings keep him in high demand around the world.

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