DAVID VALSAMIDIS

British bass-baritone David Valsamidis is currently based in Perth, Western Australia, having joined the chorus of West Australian Opera earlier this year for Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Having grown up in London, David moved north to the University of York and studied with Alex Ashworth. While there, he performed Belcore in Donizetti's L'Elisir d’Amore and Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with York Opera, as well as Polyphemus in Handel’s Acis and Galatea in Nottingham. At the University of York, he played The Earl of Dunmow in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement, and sang with British early music ensemble I Fagiolini in Monteverdi’s Orfeo. ln the UK, David has had a varied career in the choral and oratorio scene, having performed with Tenebrae, I Fagiolini, Siglo De Oro and the Choir of York Minster.