About
David Burkhard is a multi-talented Italian-Swiss musician — a baritone, pianist, organist, choir director and music publisher. Trained at both the Geneva University of Music and the University of Geneva, he possesses a wealth of expertise that he shares through international concerts, lectures and professional coaching.
Roles
Leporello
Don Giovanni
W. A. Mozart
Avant-Scène (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) | 2024
Don Alvaro
Il viaggio a Reims
G. Rossini
Avant-Scène (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) | 2025
Pausole
Les Aventures du Roi Pausole | A. Honegger
Compagnie à 3 Temps (Genève, Switzerland) | 2022
Peter
Hänsel und Gretel
E. Humperdinck
International Singing Academy (Genève, Switzerland) | 2024
Don Lopez
L’Amant Jaloux
A. Grétry
Compagnie Esperluette (Genève, Switzerland) | 2022
Repertoire
In addition to his operatic roles, David Burkhard is involved in a variety of genres, particularly recitals, which he performs regularly alongside Christine Masserey throughout French-speaking Switzerland.
Recitals
Song-cycles :
R. Schumann : Dichterliebe, op. 48
R. Vaughan Williams : Songs of Travel
F. Poulenc : Le Bestiaire
Vast repertoire of melodies from the 19th to the 21st century in French, German, Italian, Russian, etc.
Oratorio
J. S. Bach, Johannes-Passion, Jesus
C. Saint-Saëns, Oratorio de Noël, solo baritone
R. Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, solo baritone
Opera choir member
Opéra de Lausanne (since 2024)
Bühnen Bern (2022-2023) – Student contract
