David Pittman-Jennings

David Pittman-Jennings (born 1946 in Duncan , Oklahoma ) is an American opera singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

Pittman-Jennings studied with Loren Larence Zachary in Norman and Elisabeth Parham in Los Angeles. He made his operatic debut in 1976 at the Grazer Landestheater .

He has appeared at the Operá National in Paris, the Scala in Milan, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Gran Teatre de Liceu Barcelona, ​​the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hamburg State Opera and the Theater an der Wien .

He was the teacher of Krista Wigle (soprano), Caroline Stam (soprano), Maartje de Lint (mezzo-soprano) and Matthijs Mesdag (baritone).

Roles (selection)

• 2015: Stories from the Vienna Woods (as Mister), Theater an der Wien
• Moses and Aron (as Moses)
• Wozzeck (as Wozzeck)

Awards

• First prize at the "National Vocal Competition Loren Zachary " in Los Angeles
• Grammy for Best Small Ensemble (Schönberg: "Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21"; "Herzegewächse, Op. 20"; "Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41" - Pierre Boulez , conductor; Ensemble InterContemporain; David Pittman-Jennings, baritone ; Christine Schäfer , soprano)

Sound carrier (selection)

• Requiem for a young poet (1967/69) ( Claudia Barainsky , Bernd Alois Zimmermann , Holland Symfonia etc., conductor: Bernhard Kontarsky ), Cybele Records SACD 860.501 (2008) (Hybrid-Super-Audio-CD in stereo / 5.0-channel Surround sound )

literature

• Stories from the Vienna Woods , program booklet of the Theater an der Wien , Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, self-published, 96 p., Vienna, p. 83

Web links

• David Pittman-Jennings at esdf-opera.de
• David Pittman-Jennings at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• David Pittman-Jennings in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• David Pittman-Jennings at Discogs (English)