The young Polish baritone David Roy began the 2024/2025 season with the role of Marco in Gianni Schicchi with Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento at Teatro Comunale Bolzano. He has also appeared as Germont in La traviata at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszczy. The previous season included Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Polish Royal Opera / Polska Opera Królewska. David has also made his debut last season in Carmina Burana with the Kalisz Philharmonic.
David Roy made his first steps on stage at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and in the following years he performed there as Belcore in Donizetti’s L'elisir d'amore, and Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, among other roles.
Since 2022 he has been cooperating with Polish Royal Opera in Warsaw performing as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri. In 2022 he took part in Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and performed as Don Alvaro in Il viaggio a Reims. In the following year he performed at Savannah VOICE Festival as Masetto in Don Giovanni. In 2023 David sang his first Amonasro in Aida at the Karkonosze Opera Festival in Zgorzelec.
David Roy has several successes in international and nationwide vocal competitions, including 1st Prize in Bogdan Paprocki’s Polish National Vocal Competition, 1st prize at Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI 2019, and 1st prize and Grand Prix at International Talsi Children and Youth Academic Singing and Vocal Ensemble Competition.
