Whilst a student at the Royal Schools, operatic work included the Amtshauptmann in Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe, Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress, Silvio in Le Docteur Miracle, and Lechmere in Owen Wingrave. Other work includes Gomatz in the Canadian staged premiere of Zaide, the Sorceress and Sailor in Dido and Aeneas with the Orlando Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Pinkerton in scenes from Madame Butterfly for BBC Television. Most recently David has performed the role of Gervais in Auber’s Manon Lescaut at the Wexford Festival, Don Jose in Carmen for Welsh National Opera Max project, and Marco in The Gondoliers for Carl Rosa Opera.

David appears regularly in the concert platform in a wide range of repertoire, which includes Messiah, Masses by Haydn and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi Requiem, Dvorak Stabat Mater, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, horn and strings, and Finzi’s Dies Natalis. David also performed the world premiere of Delius’s Maud for tenor and orchestra.