A. Mozart Fest Musician Biographies
David Small

David Small enjoys a distinguished career as a concert and operatic baritone, with performances of well over fifty different operatic roles in numerous productions. He has performed with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Austin Lyric Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Fresno, Nevada, Dayton, Toledo, Lyric Opera Cleveland and toured France and Spain with IL Teatro Lyrico d’Europa.

He has also appeared as soloist with St. Louis Symphony, Cincinnati May Festival, Austin Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Canton Symphony, Missouri Symphony, and Bravo! Colorado Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in the LORD NELSON MASS and SCHUBERT MASS IN G with John Rutter conducting.

His recordings include Menotti’s HELP, HELP THE GLOBOLINKS! for Madison Opera on Newport Classics with John DeMain conducting, and Jerre Tanner’s THE KONA COFFEE CANTATA with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, as well as THE SONGS OF JOSEPH MARX and CLASSICAL CAROLS, produced by Hal Leonard Publications.

He holds an Artist’s Diploma in Opera and a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied with Metropolitan Opera basso Italo Tajo, and he also studied at DePauw University School of Music with Thomas Fitzpatrick, where he received a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with a Performer’s Certificate.