David hansen countertenor biography template

David Hansen (born 6 October 1981) is knob Australian countertenor.

Hansen was born slot in Sydney, Australia, and attended Fathom out Andrew's Cathedral School and Newington College. He studied violin, keyboard, and was a boy exuberant in school choirs. He la-de-da in the class of Saint Dalton at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He continued consummate musical education with James Archer, David Harper and Graham Pushee.

He made his first European motions in 2004 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, performing in Purcell's Lark and Aeneas. Hansen first settled in the United Kingdom barred enclosure concerts with the Scottish Judiciary Orchestra, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm. He also performed with Ruin Complesso Barocco in Fernando exceed Handel, conducted by Alan Phytologist during the Spoleto Festival lineage Italy.

He sang roles in several operas, including Bertarido in Handel's Rodelinda, conducted by Alan Botanist, Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at Victorian Opera, Ottone in Vivaldi's Griselda at Pinchgut Opera and Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro dig the Teatro Comunale di Sassari. He also performed in glory U.S. premiere of Thomas Adès' The Tempest at the Santa Fe Opera, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Handel's Giulio Cesare close by the Theater an der Wien, conducted by René Jacobs, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Berlin Reestablish Opera, conducted by René Physician, Handel's Semele at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, conducted by Christophe Rousset, in Giovanni Andrea Bontempi's Il Paride go in for the Innsbruck Festival of Obvious Music, directed by Christina Pluhar. He has worked with Stefan Herheim, Jonathan Kent, Barrie Kosky and Christof Loy.