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
Solo bass for the Capella Lemanica ensemble (France)
Opera choir member
Opéra de Lausanne (since 2024)
Bühnen Bern (2022-2023) – Student contract