David Langan
Proud to be returning to On Site Opera after appearing in previous OSO productions of The Marriage of Figaro and Morning Star Mr. Langan’s (he/him) vast professional operatic repertoire spans many of the major bass-baritone roles, among them Mephistopheles in Faust, Sarastro & Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte, Colline in La Bohème, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Alfonso Cosi Fan Tutte, Seneca in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Count Walter in Luisa Miller, and Lord Gualtiero Walton in I puritani. He has appeared as a principal singer in close to a thousand performances with major opera companies throughout North and Central America, as well as Europe. San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Vancouver Opera, Theater Hansestadt Lübeck, Osnabrück Stadttheater, Wolf Trap, Sarasota Opera, Opera Colorado, as well as the opera companies of Guatemala City, Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, Chautauqua and New Orleans, among others, have all been beneficiaries of Mr. Langan’s work. He also appeared as the King in Verdi’s Aida on the PBS Great Performance series opposite Plaçido Domingo. He has shared the stage as principal singer with many of today’s finest performers including Plaçido Domingo, Renee Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, Joyce DiDonato, Eric Owens, Mirella Freni, and Lawrence Brownlee. Among his faculty appointments were posts at Westminster Choir College, Indiana University, Shenandoah Conservatory as well as Kean University where he currently teaches voice, diction and performance. Mr. Langan grew up in Middletown, NJ, has vocal performance degrees from Rowan University (BA) and Indiana University (MM), He currently resides in Ridgewood, NJ and is the father of 13 yr old twins Sophie, who regularly appears as a supernumerary at The Metropolitan Opera, and Jamie, a budding cellist.
