Born in Chirk, North Wales, David Kempster studied at RNCM.

Welsh National Opera Performances include:

Thaos Iphigénie en Tauride (Autumn 2004), Peter Hansel and Gretel ,(Spring 2004) ) Marcello La bohème (Summer 2003) Belcore The Elixir of Love (Spring 2003)

Roles as a Principal Baritone with ENO include Teddy Foran The Silver Tassie (world première), Marcello / Schaunard La bohème, Lescaut Manon Lescaut, Chou En-Lai Nixon in China, Conte di Luna Il trovatore, Anckarstroem Un ballo in maschera, Pilate St John Passion, Poacher The Cunning Little Vixen, Montano Otello. Other roles include Escamillo Carmen, Germont La traviata, Marcello, Dr Falke Die Fledermaus (Glyndebourne on Tour); Escamillo, Marcello / Agamemnon La Belle Hélène (ENO), Sharpless Madama Butterfly (ENO; Dallas Opera); title role Rigoletto (South Africa); Lescaut (Florida Grand Opera); Nottingham Roberto Devereux (Buxton Festival).

Concert appearances include Fauré’s Requiem (BBC NOW); Carmina Burana (LCO; Hallé; National Eisteddfod of Wales); Opera Galas (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Barbican, Bridgewater Hall, Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall); The Dream of Gerontius (RLPO; Welsh Proms); Judas Maccabeus (London Mozart Players); Eugene Onegin (Hallé, Mark Elder); Leonore (Schlossfestspiele, Ludwigsburg).

Recent engagements include Messiah (Royal Festival Hall); Carmina Burana (Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Royal Albert Hall); Nottingham Roberto Devereux (Dallas Opera).