David Bižić

David Bizic.

David Bižić (Serbian Cyrillic: Давид Бижић ) (born 25 November 1975) is an operatic baritone. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

He studied singing with Bibiana Goldenthal at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and received scholarships from the International Vocal Arts Institute (IVAI) and the America Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF). He has participated in numerous master classes and concerts in France, Israel, New York and Japan working with José van Dam, Teresa Berganza and Gabriel Bacquier among others.

In The Israeli Opera he sang the role of Jake Wallace (La fanciulla del West / Puccini), the King (Aida / Verdi) and the High Priest (Nabucco / Verdi). With IVAI he sang The Father (Hänsel und Gretel / Humperdinck), Masetto (Don Giovanni / Mozart), Sancho (Don Quichotte / Massenet), Hali (L'italiana in Algeri / Rossini) and Belcore (L'elisir d'amore / Donizetti).

In 2003, David Bizic became a member of the Opera Studio of Paris National Opera and took part in many productions of the Opéra Bastille and the Opera Garnier: Anführer der Prevote (Cardillac / Hindemith), Steuermann (Tristan und Isolde / Wagner), Metivier (War and Peace / Prokofiev), Berger (Pelléas et Mélisande / Debussy), Vecchio Zingaro (Il trovatore / Verdi), Frere Ruffin (St. François d'Assise / Messiaen), Chekunov (From the House of the Dead / Janáček), which he repeated in Teatro Real in Madrid.

In 2006, Masetto (Don Giovanni / Mozart) in Opera Garnier. Belcore (L'elisir d'amore / Donizetti) in Belgrade National Opera, Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart ) in Opera Angers and Nantes], Manuel (La vida breve / De Falla) with Orchestre de Paris in Theatre Mogador in Paris, Creon (Oedipus rex / Stravinsky) and Chamberlain (Le Rossignol / Stravinsky) in Strasbourg Opéra national du Rhin.

In 2007 he made debut in Toulouse at the Théâtre du Capitole with Leporello (Don Giovanni / Mozart) and won the 2nd prize in prestigious Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition.

In 2008, High Priest of Dagon (Samson et Dalila / Saint-Saëns) in Royal Swedish Opera and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart) in Strasbourg Opéra national du Rhin

In 2009, Leporello (Don Giovanni / Mozart) in Opera Rennes, Publio (La clemenza di Tito / Mozart) in Avignon, and Schaunard (La bohème) and Mathieu (Andrea Chénier) in Opéra Bastille

In 2010, Figaro in Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Masetto (Don Giovanni / Mozart) in Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Leporello (Don Giovanni / Mozart) in Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Escamillo (Carmen / Bizet) in National Theatre in Belgrade

In 2011, Leporello in Deutsche Oper Berlin, Escamillo (Carmen / Bizet) in Royal Swedish Opera

His future engagements include Schaunard (La bohème) in Covent Garden, Royal Opera House, Leporello in Opéra Bastille, Figaro in Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux Leporello in LA Opera and Leporello in Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Sources

• Amadeus, Rambo, "Hipishizik Metafizik", 26 September 2008
• Brodrej, Gunilla, "Simson och Delila / Kungliga operan", Expressen, 17 September 2008
• Dahan, Eric, "Un arbre planté dans la solitude du goulag", Libération, 21 May 2005
• Operalia, The World Opera Competition, Prize winners 2007
• Opéra Magazine, "Voix à l'honneur", N°35, December 2009
• Stevens, David, "In Paris, Wagner's love story in the video age", New York Times, 20 April 2005
• Glas Javnosti, "Digitalno izdanje za globalno tržište", 9 July 2008
• Kosanic, Vanja, "Intervju Decembar 2007", "Pozorisne Novine" December 2007
• Radio Televizija Vojvodine "Гала концертом почела нова сезона у Народном позоришту" 20 September 2009
• Na Dlanu, "Gala koncert kao najava nove sezone u Narodnom pozorištu" 18 September 2009
• Thomé, Michel, "Le Nozze di Figaro, Strasbourg, Noces d’or", "ResMusica - quotidien de la musique classique" 22 December 2008
• Dahan, Eric, "Aix décolle au chant du «Rossignol»" Libération 5 July 2010
• Dahan, Eric, "«Don Giovanni» sombre dans l'obscur" Libération 30 January 2006
• Dahan, Eric, "«Tristan et Isolde». Ecran total" Libération 14 April 2005
• Merlin, Christian, "«Don Giovanni» agace et fascine" Le Figaro 7 July 2010
• Mahdavi, Mehdi, "Vive la mariée!", "Altamusica" 22 December 2008
• Lesueur, François Entretien : Christian Schirm, "Scènes Magazine" 1 Novembre 2010
• Novogodišnji operski gala koncert, Radio Television of Serbia 26 December 2010
• Löfvendahl, Bo "Avskalad Carmen i finsmakarversion " Svenska_Dagbladet 25 September 2011

Recordings

• "Réquiem Ebraico - Salmo 92", "Helicon Classics" CD 2006
• The Love for Three Oranges, "TDK Music DVD" DVD 2005

External links

• Official website
• OperaBase.com Schedule
• David Bizic in an excerpt from Don Giovanni

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Name	Bizic, David
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Date of birth	25 November 1975
Place of birth	Belgrade, Serbia
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