Bass-baritone

David Howes

Rigoletto

Biography

David Howes has previously appeared with Irish National Opera as Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Marchese as Police Commissioner in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and Don Fernando in Beethoven’s Fidelio, and was a member of the INO Studio in 2020-21. Originally from Limerick, he began his studies there with Olive Cowpar, and graduated with a BMus from TU Dublin Conservatoire. A member of the ensemble at Oper Köln (Cologne) for the 2023-24 season, David is a graduate of the International Opera Studio at Oper Köln, the inaugural Wexford Factory at Wexford Festival Opera, and the Young Artist Programme with NI Opera. Other opera highlights include William Parkinson in the world premiere of Frank Pesci’s The Strangers, Sciarrone in Puccini’s Tosca, Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (Oper Köln); Envy and Ismeron in Purcell’s The Indian Queen, Abbot and Ferryman in Britten’s Curlew River (Theater Aachen); Badger and Parson in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Longborough Festival Opera); d’Obigny in Verdi’s La traviata (Lyric Opera Productions); Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Zerere Arts Festival, Portugal); and Police Commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Hannover. In February 2025, David joined the ensemble at Theater Magdeburg. Here, his repertoire includes the roles of Doctor Grenvil in La traviata, Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Soldier in the world premiere of Gerald Barry’s Salome, and Reinmar von Zweter in Wagner’s Tannhäuser.

November 2025