Background
David Hansen was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1981.
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He studied in the class of Andrew Dalton at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Career
He continued his musical education with James Bowman, David Harper and Graham Pushee. He made his first European appearances in 2004 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, performing in Purcell"s Dido and Aeneas. Hansen"s first performances in the United Kingdom was in concerts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.
He also performed with Il Complesso Barocco in Fernando by Handel, conducted by Alan Curtis during the Spoleto Festival in Italy.
He sang roles in various operas, including Bertarido in Handel"s Rodelinda, conducted by Alan Curtis, Nerone in Monteverdi"s L"incoronazione di Poppea at Victorian, Ottone in Vivaldi"s Griselda at Pinchgut and Cherubino in Mozart"s Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Comunale di Sassari. He also performed in the United States. premiere of Thomas Adès" The Tempest at the Santa Fe, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Handel"s Giulio Cesare at the Theater an der Wien, conducted by René Jacobs, Monteverdi"s L"Orfeo at the Berlin State, conducted by René Jacobs, Handel"s Semele at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, conducted by Christophe Rousset, in Giovanni Andrea Bontempi"s Il Paride at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, directed by Christina Pluhar.
He has worked with Stefan Herheim, Jonathan Kent, Barrie Kosky and Christof Loy. Hansen"s non-operatic engagements have included Carmina Burana with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Handel"s Solomon, conducted by René Jacobs, Bach"s Street John Passion, performed with Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble conducted by Marc Minkowski, Handel"s Parnasso in Festa, Messiah and Giulio Cesare conducted by Andrea Marcon, Fabio Biondi and Emmanuelle Haïm, respectively, and Britten"s Canticles, at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
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Australia