David Butt Philip

David Butt Philip is one of the most exciting tenors in Britain today. He trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, after which he was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.

He regularly appears in central roles in his field on internationally renowned stages such as the Vienna and Bavarian State Operas, English National Opera, San Francisco and Washington National Opera, as well as at the Salzburg, Edinburgh and Glyndebourne Festivals. He has also participated in various productions of Brett Dean's “Hamlet”, both in the title role and as Laertes, for example at the Metropolitan Opera and in the German premiere at the Cologne Opera.

As a concert singer, his appearances this season include Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Staatskapelle Dresden under Christian Thielemann and Dvořák's “Stabat Mater” with the Berlin Philharmonic under Jakub Hrůša.