David Bizic

baritone

David Bizic is a baritone with a long-standing career at major opera houses. He combines his performing activity with a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring young singers.

He is currently in his 13th season at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has appeared in more than 60 performances since his debut in 2014 as Albert in Werther. Recent highlights include his return to the Met as Marcello in La Bohème and his debut in the title role of Don Pasquale at the Opéra de Toulon.

His repertoire spans a wide range of roles, including Marcello, Belcore, Escamillo, Zurga, Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), Eugene Onegin, and Sharpless. Particularly associated with the Mozart repertoire, he has performed Figaro, Guglielmo, Leporello, Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso, and Count Almaviva at leading opera houses in Europe and the United States.

He has appeared at the Paris Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden, Ravinia Festival, San Francisco Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, and numerous French and European houses including Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Dijon, Montpellier, Toulon, Nantes, and Aix-en-Provence.

A former member of the Paris Opera Studio, he took part in productions including Manon, Pelléas et Mélisande, Saint François d’Assise, Il Trovatore, Tristan und Isolde, and From the House of the Dead. He later returned to the Paris Opera as Masetto and Leporello in Michael Haneke’s production of Don Giovanni, as well as for roles such as Schaunard (La Bohème), Mathieu (Andrea Chénier), and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte).

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, David Bizic studied at the International Vocal Arts Institute, the New Israeli Opera Young Artist Studio, and the Atelier Lyrique of the Paris National Opera. He is a prizewinner of the 2007 Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition.

Alongside his stage career, he is regularly invited to give masterclasses and work with young artists internationally. He is a faculty member at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux and, in 2025, was invited to give a masterclass at the Manhattan School of Music.