David Bižić


David Bižić is an operatic baritone. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia.

Education and early career

Bizic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He studied archaeology but at the same time he pursued vocal singing education and in 2000 he started studying voice at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem with . He later continued his education with International Vocal Arts Institute and apprenticed with the Israeli Opera YAP and Paris National Opera - Atelier Lyrique program. He has participated in numerous master classes and concerts in France, Israel, New York and Japan working with José van Dam, Teresa Berganza and Gabriel Bacquier among others.

Career

Bizic’s career first garnered international attention in the role of Masetto in two critically acclaimed productions of Don Giovanni by Michael Haneke in Paris opera and Dmitry Tcherniakov in Aix-en-Provence Festival. He later revived both of those productions, now in the role of Leporello.
As an interpreter of Mozart roles, most notably Don Giovanni, Leporello, Almaviva and Figaro, he has performed in Paris Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Los Angeles Opera, Teatro Real, Bolshoi Theatre, Bordeaux, Geneve, Ravinia Festival, Valencia, Toulouse, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Montpellier, Rennes, Rouen, Aix en Provence, Nantes and Strasbourg.
Other career highlights include his Metropolitan Opera debut as Albert in Werther, Albert in Royal Opera House, debut in Liceu as Puccini’s Lescaut, Marcello and Sharpless in Metropolitan Opera, Guglielmo in Paris Opera, Oneguine in Limoges, Metz and Tel Aviv, Enrico in Toulon Opera, Zurga in Bordeaux, Escamillo in Tel Aviv and Stockholm Opera and High Priest of Dagon in Royal Swedish Opera

Awards

Bizic is a winner of the second prize from Operalia, The World Opera Competition in 2007 and Paris Opera Prix Lyriques in 2005.

Recordings