David Hansen

Other operatic engagements include Nerone in Monterverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Dantone/Opernhaus Zürich; Stubbs/Boston Early Music Festival), the American premiere of Thomas Ades’ The Tempest (Alan Gilbert/Santa Fe Opera), the title-role in Handel’s Serse (Petrou/Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe), Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza diTito (Gottfried/Theater an der Wien), Telemaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (De Marchi/Den Norske Opera; Innsbruck Festival of Early Music), Broschi’s Merope (De Marchi/Innsbruck Festival of Early Music; Theater an der Wien), Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina (Gottfried/Theater an der Wien; Spering/Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe; Marcon/Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow), Prince Gogo in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre (Opernhaus Zürich; Fiore/Den Norske Opera), Handel’s Giulio Cesare (De Marchi/Semperoper Dresden; Jacobs/Theater an der Wien; Alessandrini/Den Norske Opera), the title-role in Handel’s Fernando with Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis, Nerone in Handel’s Agrippina (Boston Baroque), Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Jacobs/Staatsoper-Berlin), and the title-role in Bontempi’s Il Paride (Pluhar/Innsbruck Festival of Early Music).

He has worked with directors including Stefan Herheim, Calixto Bieito, Katie Michell, and Christof Loy.

Concert highlights include Handel’s Saul under Nicklaus Harnoncourt at the Musikverein, Vienna, Carmina Burana with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, Bach’s Johannes-Passion with Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski, Handel’s Solomon with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and René Jacobs, Handel’s Messiahunder Fabio Biondi, Handel’s Parnasso in festa and Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade under Andrea Marcon at the Concertgebouw, as well as concerts under both Nathalie Stutzmann and Emmanuelle Haim.

Hansen’s debut solo recording for Sony (dhm), Rivals– Arias for Farinelli & Co., with Academia Montis Regalis and Alessandro De Marchi was released to critical acclaim. Other recordings include Bach’s Johannes-Passion with Les Musiciens du Louvre under Minkowski for Warner Classics/Erato, OneCharming Night, music of Purcell, recorded with Oslo Circles for Simax, Purcell – Music for Queen Mary with the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, under Stephen Cleobury for EMI Classics and Vivaldi’s Griselda, Cavalli’s Giasone and Hasse’s Artaserse with the Orchestra of the Antipodes under Erin Helyard, all for Pinchgut Opera Live. His most recent recording, Hasse’s Serpentes ignei in deserto with Les Accents under Noally was released in 2024 by Warner Classics/Erato.