David Weigel

Bass-Baritone

Ryan Opera Center Alumnus

Three-year Ryan Opera Center bass-baritone David Weigel, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, is an alumnus of Furman University (Bachelor of Music), the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Master of Music), the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Professional Artist Certificate), and the University of Michigan (Doctor of Musical Arts).

He was a member of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program in 2017 (Death/Savitri) and 2013 (Collatinus/The Rape of Lucretia). He has also performed the title role, Leporello, and Masetto/Don Giovanni, Colline/La bohème, Don Basilio and Fiorello/The Barber of Seville, Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro, Bottom/A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Friar Laurence/Romeo and Juliet, Spencer Coyle/Owen Wingrave, the Bonze and Prince Yamadori/Madama Butterfly, the Speaker/The Magic Flute, Moralès/Carmen, Rambaldo/La rondine, Frank/Die Fledermaus, and Melchior/Amahl and the Night Visitors.

In concert the bass-baritone has sung Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Messiah, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi, and Fauré, Brahms’s German Requiem, Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue, and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem.

Weigel has performed with North Carolina Opera, Greensboro Opera, Piedmont Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, Opera North, and the Brevard Music Center. Most recently he performed Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro with Aspen Music Festival.

In Lyric Opera’s 2018/19 season he sang The Voice of Neptune/Idomeneo, First Minister/Cendrillon, and Dr. Grenvil/La traviata. In 2019/20, Weigel sang Prison Guard #1/Dead Man Walking, the Bonze/Madama Butterfly, and Sourin/The Queen of Spades.

Photo: Simon Pauly

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"La seduzione" with David Weigel

In this excerpt from Sole e Amore, recent Ryan Opera Center alumnus David Weigel performs Verdi's “La seduzione” (“The seduction”) with Maestro Enrique Mazzola on piano.

Sole e Amore (Sun and Love)

Revel in the sounds of Italy with Sole e Amore (Sun and Love), the latest concert from Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center.

Ryan Opera Center at Work: "A Son of a Gambolier"

In the latest installment of our Ryan Opera Center At Work series, third-year bass-baritone David Weigel performs "A Son of a Gambolier" with Ensemble pianist Chris Reynolds. Part of Charles Ives's "Five Street Songs" song cycle, this humble ditty is a rolicking good time for friends both far and near.