News/Events

Cenerentola Rossini 
Annapolis Opera 
November 5th & 7th, 2021
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MN 
https://annapolisopera.org

Don Pasquale Donizetti 
Opera Delaware 
October 7th & 8th, 2021 
The Opera Delaware Studios, Wilmington, DE
https://www.operade.org/don-pasquale

Gala Celebration 
Annapolis Opera 
October 24th, 2021 
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
https://annapolisopera.org/event/gala-celebration/

La scala di seta Rossini 
Opera Southwest
September 10th, 11th & 12th, 2021
https://www.operasouthwest.org

Magnificat J.S. Bach 
Bach Roots Festival 
August 20th & 21st, 2021 8:00PM
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 
https://www.bachrootsfestival.com

Operetta Under the Stars 
Opera on the Lake, Como Pavilion 
July 28th, 29th & 30th 2021
Como Park, Saint Paul, MN
https://operaonthelake.com

Night at the Opera/Night on the Town
Out of the Box Opera, Canopy Hotel-Hilton
July 23rd & 24th, 2021
Minneapolis, MN 
https://outoftheboxopera.com

Clermont Auvergne Opera 
27ème International Concours de Chant 
Vichy & Clermont-Ferrand, France 
July 11-17, 2021
https://clermont-auvergne-opera.com/evenement/27eme-concours-international-de-chant/

Acis & Galatea, Handel 
Annapolis Opera and Tri-Cities Opera
May 14-23, 2021 (Streaming) 
https://annapolisopera.ticketspice.com/acis-galatea
annapolisopera.org
​tricitiesopera.com

Rochester International Vocal Competition Showcase 
Winners Concert and Audience Choice Voting
(On Demand Gala)
https://www.facebook.com/RochesterOratorioSociety/videos/975174083220503

National Anthem 
Target Field, Minneapolis 
May 6, 2021 12:10pm Twins vs Rangers

National Anthem 
Target Field, Minneapolis 
April 12, 2021 1:10pm Twins vs Red Sox 

Rochester Oratorio Society, Third Place, 2021 International Vocal Competition
https://rossings.org/rochester-international-vocal-competition/about/

Je Crois Entendre Encore
project funded by OOPSMN
https://www.oopsmn.org

Au fond du temple saint
w/ Andy Wilkowse, baritone  
Long Beach Opera, Artist Afternoons
https://www.longbeachopera.org/lbo-online-category/artists-afternoons-recitals

David Walton has made numerous appearances across the country as an up-and-coming lyric tenor. Recent roles include Count Almaviva, " a reedy tenor with requisite Rossini high notes" (TheWall Street Journal)in Francesca Zambello's new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia at The Glimmerglass Festival and Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Minnesota Opera, where David was hailed as “a true lyric tenor with strong Italianate stylings" and credited with “the sweetest singing of the evening” (Star Tribune). Other performances include the title role in Albert Herring, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Tonio in La fille du régiment. 
 
David spent two years as a member of Minnesota Opera’s prestigious Resident Artist Program. There, he sang Tamino in Die Zauberflöte,Tybalt in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and debuted the shepherd Silvio in a new production of the Lorenzo Da Ponte rarity L’arbore di Dianaby Vicente Martín y Soler. Other credits as a Resident Artist include multiple world premieres including covering Larry Renault in William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight andsinging Delbert Grady inPaul Moravec's The Shining, where Opera Newsdescribed Mr. Walton as "equally chilling in his casual charm and suavity." Most recently he returned to Minnesota Opera as Happy Felsch in the world premiere of The Fix, and made house debuts with Cincinnati Opera, Forth Worth Opera, Madison Opera, and Opera Carolina. 
 
Mr. Walton participated as a Young Artist with the Glimmerglass Festival, singing Count Alberto in L'occasione fa il ladro, Parpignol in La bohème, and the tenor solo in Rossini's Stabat mater. He also sang in the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as the Student in Puccini's La rondineand Belmonte in a scene of Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the St. Louis Symphony. David sang with Cantus Vocal Ensemble for three full seasons, touring the country and the world appearing at The Kennedy Center, The Royal Opera House of Muscat Oman, NPR Tiny Desk, and A Prairie Home Companion.
 
David is a 2017 Sullivan Grant Winner with the William Matheus Sullivan Foundation. He
won 2nd Place and Italian Diction award in the 2017 Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2nd place and Audience Choice Award with the 2017 Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition, and was Regional Finalist in the Upper Midwest Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Concert highlights include recitals with the Schubert Club and the JOYA Concert Series with players of the Minnesota Orchestra, performances of Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, Orff's Carmina Burana, and Mozart's Requiem with orchestras such as the Reno Philharmonic, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony, and the Minnesota Bach Ensemble. David has also sung multiple concerts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Robert Spano in Bach's Magnificat andCantata BWV 80, Handel's Messiah, and Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio. 
 
Recent performances include Mozart's Requiem with the National Lutheran Choir, Ramiro in Rossini's Cenerentola with Virginia Opera, and Acis in Handel's Acis and Galatea with Annapolis Opera.  He will make his San Francisco debut singing Dan White in Harvey Milk by Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie with Opera Parallèle in the Spring of 2022.