David Powton

Primary Skill:

Tenor

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Experience

Opera

The Tenor
Lovers, Loser and Larrakins (Various)
Rogue Opera
2023
Marat/Dupont
Black el Payaso (Sarazabol)
Cervantes Theatre
2022
Chorus
Ivan the Terrible (The Maid of Pskov) (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Grange Park Opera
2021
Chorus
Falstaff (Verdi)
Grange Park Opera
2021
Chorus
The life and death of Alexander Litvinenko (Bolton)
Grange Park Opera
2021
Chorus
La Boheme (Puccini)
Grange Park Opera
2021
Don Basilio & Don Curzio
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Random Opera
2021
Chorus
Don Carlo (Verdi)
Grange Park Opera
2019
Nemorino
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
King's Head Theatre/Opera'r Ddraig
2019
Chorus
Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
Grange Park Opera
2018
Chorus
La ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Grange Park Opera
2018
Alfred
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Opera'r Ddraig
2017
Dr Caius
Falstaff (Verdi)
RWCMD Opera
2016
Don Basilio
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
RWCMD Opera
2016
The Mayor
Albert Herring (Benjamin Britten)
RWCMD Opera
2015
Cock/Woodpecker
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
RWCMD Opera
2015
Tommy
Steamsong (Kefla-Kerr)
Voices of Hope
2014
Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
ICMUS Festival Opera
2014
Mr Belville
Rosina (William Shield)
ICMUS Festival Opera
2013
The Mayor
Albert Herring (Benjamin Britten)
Samling Academy Opera
2013
Sam
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
Newcastle University
2009
Jimmy Mahonney
Mahagonny-Songspiel (Kurt Weill)
Newcastle University
2009

Contemporary Opera

Lustful Youth
Electric Blue (Smail)
The Playground Theatre
2021

Chorus

Oratorio/Concerts

Soloist
Opera Gala (Various)
Rogue Opera
2023
Tenor Soloist
A Spiral Round the Sun (Ben Heneghan)
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society
2022
Tenor Soloist
Requiem (Verdi)
Orpheus Choir
2018
Tenor Soloist
A Child Of Our Time (Tippett)
Voices of Hope
2014
Tenor Soloist
Mass In D (Mozart)
Philharmonic Voices
2014
Tenor Soloist
Magnificat (Antonio Vivaldi)
Philharmonic Voices
2014
1st Tenor Chorus
Schicksalslied (Brahms)
Voices of Hope
2013
Tenor Soloist
Seven Last Words from the Cross (James MacMillan)
Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus
2013
1st Tenor Chorus
I Never (David Lang)
Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus
2010
1st Tenor Chorus
Spem in Allium (Tallis)
Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus
2010

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Awards

The Manning Prize for Tenors (2015)

Education

MA Opera Performance
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2014–2016