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Artist
David Wigram
4+ albums
treble
about
David Wigram is Head Chorister at St. Peter's Church, St. Albans, and BBC Radio 2 Choirboy of the Year 1999. He was chosen, together with Sumudu Jayatilaka, to sing the solo in the World Premiere of Sir John Tavener's "A New Beginning" at the Millennium Dome on December 31st 1999, just before midnight. He has been a member of St. Peter's choir since the age of six and frequently performs as treble soloist in sacred works including Allegri's "Miserere" and Mendelssohn's "Hear my Prayer", from which he has recorded the solo "O for the Wings of a Dove". David's singing repertoire extends into theatre and concerts. His interest in more dramatic roles began at school when, at the age of nine, he took the role of Pharaoh in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Subsequently, he performed as singer and dancer with the Fonteyn Theatre Group and won critical acclaim in 1997 for his portrayal of the title role in Menotti's opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" with St. Albans Chamber Opera. He made his professional debut with Almeida Opera in the principal role as Boy in the World Premiere of Roderick Watkins' opera "The Juniper Tree" at the Munich Biennale Festival, subsequently performing it in London . He has sung principal roles with English National Opera as the Shepherd Boy in "Tosca", First Spirit in "The Magic Flute", and Fyodor in "Boris Godunov", with Teatro Lirico in Sardinia as Miles in Britten's "The Turn of the Screw", and currently as Ynio
