Featured Soloist: David Kravitz, baritone
February 10, 2006

Baritone David Kravitz has received wide critical acclaim for his singing, acting, and careful attention to text, on both the operatic and the concert stages. His concert appearances include his Carnegie Hall debut in Handel's "Messiah" and his Symphony Hall major role debut as Apollo in Handel's "Apollo e Dafne" with the Handel and Haydn Society under Grant Llewellyn, as well as major works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Fauré, Berlioz, Britten, and Prokofiev, with conductors Seiji Ozawa, Roger Norrington, David Hoose, Craig Smith, Martin Pearlman, Gil Rose, and others. Kravitz's opera roles include Leporello and the title role in "Don Giovanni," Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," Count Almaviva in "Le Nozze di Figaro," Papageno in "The Magic Flute," Don Alfonso in "Così fan tutte," Nick Shadow in "The Rake's Progress," and Captain Corcoran in "HMS Pinafore." He has performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera Boston, Lake George Opera Festival, Granite State Opera, Opera Aperta, and others.

Kravitz has presented world and regional premieres of numerous contemporary works, including Andy Vores' song cycle "Goback Goback" with Collage New Music, John Harbison's "Four Psalms" with Cantata Singers (recently released on CD by New World), and Tod Machover's "Resurrection" with Boston Lyric Opera.

Mr. Kravitz sings duets with his wife and mezzo-soprano Majie Zeller on Feb 10, 2006. Also on the program are husband and wife team Megan Tillmann, soprano and Matthew DiBattista, tenor.

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