Baritone
David Kennedy
TestamentBiography
David Kennedy is a Baritone from Galway. He has been an Irish National Opera Studio member for the 2024-26 seasons, with highlights including covering the roles of Badger/Poacher/Priest in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Dr Falke in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus. He was also a Wexford Festival Opera Factory member for the 2024-25 season, performing various roles during this time, including Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Don Alvaro in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims. David was the first Irish scholar at the Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie, studying under Thomas Hampson in 2022-24 seasons. He also trained at the prestigious Britten Pears Young Artist Programme 2025, supported by the H Steven and PE Wood Bursary, and the international LIEDBasel festival in 2024. Concert highlights include performing at Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal with Susan Mano during Schubert Week 2024. David was a semi-finalist at the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition in 2024. He has received mentorship from artists such as Thomas Hampson, Ian Bostridge, Roderick Williams, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Susan Mano, Julius Drake, and Malcom Martineau.
June 2026