David was born in Derbyshire and studied organ and singing at the Royal Academy of Music. After working as a freelance organist, singer and conductor, he embarked on a full-time singing career and joined the Chorus of Welsh National Opera, where he also performed a number of roles including Captain/Zaretsky Eugene Onegin, Doctor Grenvil La Traviata, Bertrand Iolanta and Sarastro The Magic Flute. After studying at the National Opera Studio David returned to WNO as an Associate Artist, where roles include Colline La Boheme, Zuniga Carmen, Bonze Madam Butterfly, Brander The Damnation of Faust, Bass The Seven Deadly Sins, Ferrando Il Trovatore, Alidoro La Cenerentola, The King Aida, Lodovico Otello, Surin The Queen of Spades, 1st Workman and Doctor Wozzeck and the title role Le nozze di Figaro. Other roles include Banquo Macbeth, Alvise Badoero La Gioconda for Opera Holland Park, Donner Das Rheingold for the Lucerne Festival, and Alfonso d’Este Lucrezia Borgia for Buxton Festival.

David’s concert repertoire includes Messiah, Creation, Mozart and Brahms Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 and Missa Solemnis, Verdi’s Requiem, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet, Bach’s Mass in B minor, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and numerous cantatas including Ich habe genug for solo bass.

He has recently performed Escamillo Carmen for WNO, and future plans include Nightwatchman Die Meistersinger and Sparafucile Rigoletto for WNO, The Monk Don Carlo for Bilbao Opera, Le Duc Romeo et Juliette for the Salzburg Festival and his Royal Opera House debut as Quinault Adriana Lecouvreur.