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Widely praised for his skills both as a singer and as a nuanced and subtle actor, David Salsbery Fry seized the spotlight in 2013 when he stepped in as Mosè in Mosè in Egitto for a four-performance run with New York City Opera on very short notice. In his review for e Associated Press, Ronald Blum said, “With noble stature and owing bass-baritone, Fry’s Moses had a world weary and endearing quality…”
Possessed of virtuosic technique and a wide vocal range which gives him command of both the bass and bass-baritone repertoires, Mr. Fry plunged down to contra G (49 Hz) for his performances of Ogro in Gotham Chamber Opera’s production of Montsalvatge’s El gato con botas. Other notable engagements from the past few seasons include Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for St. Petersburg Opera, Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Hobson in Peter Grimes for Aspen Music Festival, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Vero Beach Opera, Tru aldin in Ariadne auf Naxos at Tanglewood, Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande and Sarastro in Die Zauber öte in Tel Aviv, his Mostly Mozart debut in Stravinsky’s Renard, and Olin Blitch in Susannah with Opera at Rutgers.
Mr. Fry is a tireless advocate for new music; last season alone he created roles in three world premiere opera productions: Scott Wheeler’s Naga, Louis Karchin’s Jane Eyre, and Chaya Czernowin’s In nite Now, selected as “World Premiere of the Year” in the 2017 Opernwelt critics survey. Of David’s performance in In nite Now, Andreas Falentin wrote, “ e young bass David Salsbery Fry thrilled with his extremely sensual and almost impossibly deep tones.” He has performed in four workshops for e Metropolitan Opera, and premiered several solo and chamber works, including the song cycle ten songs of yesno by Osnat Netzer.
Mr. Fry studied at Juilliard, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins and apprenticed with e Santa Fe Opera. He is the grand prize winner and reigning laureate of the Bidu Sayão International Vocal Competition. His recordings are available from Albany, Navona, Naxos and VIA Records. David is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), and serves his union as a member of the Board of Governors and as Vice Chair of the New York Area Committee.
More on Mr. Fry’s life and career can be found at davidsalsberyfry.com and in the October 2015 issue of Classical Singer Magazine.
Go to David’s YouTube channel.
| Bass | Infinite Now (Czernowin) | Opera Vlaanderen | 2017 |
| Mr. Wood | Jane Eyre (Karchin) | Center for Contemporary Opera | 2016 |
| Abbot & Master Chen | Naga (Wheeler) | Beth Morrison Projects | 2016 |
| Osmin | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | St. Petersburg Opera | 2016 |
| Frederick William | The Sorrows of Frederick (Wheeler) | Center for Contemporary Opera | 2015 |
| Don Alonzo & L’Envoyé Maure | Le Cid | Odyssey Opera | 2015 |
| Caliban | The Tempest (Summer) | The Shakespeare Concerts | 2015 |
| First Officer (Cover) | The Death of Klinghoffer | The Metropolitan Opera | 2014 |
| Peter (Cover) | Two Boys (Muhly) | The Metropolitan Opera | 2013 |
| Seneca | L’incoronazione di Poppea | Aspen Music Festival | 2013 |
| Hobson | Peter Grimes | Aspen Music Festival | 2013 |
| Mosè | Mosè in Egitto | New York City Opera | 2013 |
| Judge Turpin | Sweeney Todd | Aspen Music Festival | 2012 |
| Don Basilio | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Vero Beach Opera | 2012 |
| Князь Гремин – Prince Gremin | Евгений Онегин – Eugene Onegin | Opera Slavica | 2011 |
| Баран – Bass II | Байка про Лису – Renard | Mostly Mozart Festival | 2011 |
| Bernard the Bull | Where the Wild Things Are | New York City Opera | 2011 |
| Ogro | El gato con botas | Gotham Chamber Opera | 2010 |
| Truffaldin | Ariadne auf Naxos | Tanglewood Music Center | 2010 |
| Caliban | The Enchanted Island (Sams) | Met/LCT New Works Program | 2010 |
| Olin Blitch | Susannah | Opera at Rutgers | 2010 |
| Arkel | Pelléas et Mélisande | IVAI Israel | 2009 |
| Il Commendatore | Don Giovanni | Nashville Opera | 2008 |
| Sarastro | Die Zauberflöte | IVAI Israel | 2008 |
| Conductors | Directors | Coaches | |
| John Baril | Michael Counts | Scott Barnes | Kayo Iwama |
| Harry Bicket | Moisés Kaufman | Steven Blier | Kathryn LaBouff |
| Andreas Delfs | Mark Lamos | Corradina Caporello | Kenneth Merrill |
| Christoph von Dohnányi | Stephen Lawless | Nico Castel | Diane Richardson |
| John Fiore | Leon Major | Joan Dornemann | Craig Rutenberg |
| George Manahan | Mark Morris | Håkan Hagegård | Irene Spiegelman |
| Robert Spano | Bartlett Sher | Miah Im | Gary Thor Wedow |
Selected List of Awards and Honors
- Audience Favorite Award, The MetroWest Opera Young Artist Competition – 2011
- First Place (Primeiro Lugar Masculino), Concurso Internacional de Canto Bidu Sayão – 2011
- The Ruth Rees Award, Connecticut Opera Guild Young Artist Competition – 2011
- Finalist, Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award in Opera – 2011
- Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition – 2009
- Finalist, General Opera Division, Liederkranz Foundation Competition – 2009
- Semifinalist, Concours Musical International de Montréal – 2007
- Finalist, Middle Atlantic Region, The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – 2005
Education and Advanced Training
Tanglewood Music Center – Vocal Fellow – 2010 & 2011
The Santa Fe Opera – Apprentice Program for Singers – 2006 & 2007
The Juilliard School – Graduate Diploma in Voice – 2006
University of Maryland at College Park – Master of Music in Opera Performance – 2002
The Johns Hopkins University – Bachelor of Arts in Music – 2000