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Celebrated for his “richly shaded” (Operawire), “booming voice, and full range” (Houston Press) baritone Daniel Scofield is quickly garnering attention as a young Verdi baritone on the rise.
The 2022-2023 season sees Daniel making several important debuts and premieres. In September he will travel to Berlin to record Dame Ethel Smyth's "Les Naufrageurs" for the radio in the original french with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchestra under Maestro Robin Ticciati before returning to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Sir David McVicar's production of "Don Carlos". In 2023 he will join the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in their production of "Die Walküre" and return to the Prague State Opera in their double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, in a new production by Ondřej Havelka. |
and in an artist making his way through the opera jungle, it's thrilling to witness.” Rigoletto, Opera in the Heights 2014 Houston Press -------- |
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Last season Mr. Scofield made his Glyndebourne Opera debut as Marcello in La bohéme, his Prague State Opera debut as the Count in Der ferne Klang, and joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of Macbeth. Recent engagements include Marcello in La bohéme with Charlottesville Opera, Montforte in I vespri siciliani with New Amsterdam Opera, and Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci with Lyric Opera of Chicago, which was among the cancellations of 2020. Mr. Scofield recently made role debuts as Scarpia in Tosca for Tri-Cities Opera, and Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West for Opera Orlando. He also recently performed Tonio in Pagliacci with Opera Orlando and Phantasmagoria, a collaboration that received high critical praise and national recognition as a must see production. In concert with the Rapids Symphony he performed Germont in La traviata, and in Oklahoma with the quickly rising Painted Sky Opera, he portrayed Rigoletto. Other performances included a return to Marcello in La bohéme with Opera San Antonio, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with St. Petersburg Opera, and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor in his company debut with Maryland Lyric Opera. Other recent performances include Rigoletto with Gulfshore Opera and Independent Opera, Germont in La Traviata with Hudson Opera Theater, Gideon March/Dashwood in Little Women with Annapolis Opera, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Pacific Opera Project, Schaunard in La bohéme with Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale with Taucher Opera Theater, Four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann and Schaunard in La bohéme with St. Petersburg Opera, Silvio in Pagliacci with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater, Ford in Falstaff with Pacific Opera Project, Valentin in Faust with Tri-Cities Opera, Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro and Tonio in Pagliacci with Opera Columbus, Tonio in Pagliacci with Opera Idaho, and Joseph de Roucher in Dead Man Walking with Opera Fayetteville. On the concert stage, Mr. Scofield performances include Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus with the Boise Baroque, Carmina Burana with the Plano Symphony, Britten’s War Requiem with Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with Opera Orlando and Opera Idaho, and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Indiana University Orchestra |
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Recording
From Act III of RIchard Wagner's "Die Walküre" Daniel Scofield Steven Crawford - Piano Skillman Studios December 2022 |
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