David Bicarregui | Baritone and Composer

ABOUT

DAVID

British-Spanish baritone and composer, David grew up in Oxfordshire, initially training as a first study pianist before turning to opera at 18.

David received a place to study on the prestigious Joint Course Programme between the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College Music, completing two degrees across four years at the two institutions. David received First Class Honours from both institutions before entering into a Master's degree in singing and composition at the RNCM, where he is generously supported by the Ann Gerrard Foundation and is a recipient of the Sybil Tutton Opera Award.

David studies with Mark Wildman and previously with Andrew Heggie. He is praised for the warm, brilliance of his tone and his dynamic acting skills that bring naturality and drama to the stage.

Recent credits include: Figaro, (Le nozze di Figaro, The Hallé, excerpts), Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen, RNCM), Léandre (L'amour des trois oranges, RNCM), Leporello (Don Giovanni, Flat Pack Music), Escamillo (Carmen, Oxford Opera Society), L'imperial commissario (Madama Butterfly, Dorset Opera), Father Frost (The Snowmaiden, RNCM). David will join The Grange Festival for their 2026 season, covering Benoit/Alcindoro in La bohème, The Captain in Eugene Onegin and singing chorus.

Repertoire

G. Bizet

Carmen

          Escamillo

B. Britten

Billy Budd

          Billy Budd (excerpts)

The Rape of Lucretia

          Tarquinius (excerpts)

J. Dove

Mansfield Park

          Edmund Bertram (scenes)

L. Janáček

The Cunning Little Vixen

          Forester

W. A. Mozart

 Don Giovanni

          Leporello

          Masetto

Le nozze di Figaro

          Bartolo/Antonio

          Figaro (excerpts)

Così fan tutte

         Guglielmo (scenes)

Die Zauberflöte

          2nd Armed Man

          Papageno (excerpts)

S. Prokofiev

L’amour des trois oranges

          Léandre

G. Puccini

La bohème

         Benoit/Alcindoro

Madama Butterfly

          L’imperial commissario

N. Rimsky-Korsakov

The Snow Maiden

          Father Frost