DAVID SILVANO/ Tenor
B i o g r a p h y
David Silvano is an emerging Peruvian-American tenor with a powerful, yet vibrant and flexible voice and a natural talent for acting. While he has a particular passion for the Romantic and post-Romantic repertoire, he is at home in a wide variety of styles.
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Mr. Silvano recently made his role debut as The Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Mobile Opera and has performed for events with the newly formed Park City Opera in Utah.
Mr. Silvano has performed in roles such as Don José in Carmen, Martin in Copland's The Tender Land, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, and excerpts as Rodolfo in La Bohème, and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. In the Summer of 2022, he sang the role of Theodore Billings in the staged premiere of Clint Borzoni's The Copper Queen with Marble City Opera where he was praised by Arts Knoxville for bringing "a deliciously romantic lyrical side" to the character. In addition, he has performed as a soloist in various concert works.
During the 2023 season, Mr. Silvano was a Resident Artist at Indianapolis Opera, where he covered the role of Don José and sang the role of El Remendado in Carmen.
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A native of Colorado, Mr. Silvano holds a BM from Colorado Mesa University and a MM from Colorado State University where he studied with John Robert Lindsey.