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Steve Davislim (Tenor)

Twice awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee award, Australian tenor Steve Davislim began his musical training as a horn player then studied voice at the VCA under Dame Joan Hammond. After attending Zurich Opera’s Opernstudio, he started his career as an ensemble member of the Zurich Opera.

He now appears in the leading opera houses and concert halls, and in 2009 his roles included Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Chicago and at the Metropolitan Opera, David Die Meistersinger, Der Freischütz in Baden Baden with Thomas Hengelbrock, and Candide in Vienna. He also sang Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Lucerne (with Bernard Haitink) and Vienna (with Haselböck), Creation with Sydney Symphony (with Haselböck), Elijah and Liszt’s Faust Symphony, and Martinů’s Julietta with Sir Charles Mackerras.

Recent and future projects include Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 with Gardiner, appearances at the Lucerne Festival and La Scala, The Bells with Ashkenazy and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Szymanowski’s Third Symphony with Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic, performances of Julietta with the Berlin Philharmonic and production in Geneva, Schumann’s Faust-Szenen,  Zender/Schubert’s Winterreise, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang at BBC Proms and Maggio Musicale Florence with Hogwood.

 

Opéra (France) (February 2010)**LE DIAMANT D’OPÉRA**(Special Commendation)An Australian tenor and a French conductor transform Chausson’s celebrated Poème de l’amour de la mer partnered with some...
Unusual choices have breathed life into the forgotten music of two French composers, Catherine Lambert writes. A Melbourne record label has brought previously buried music into the light. Melba...
Steve Davislim is worth being spoken of in the same breath as his notable predecessors of similar voice – Peter Anders and Fritz Wunderlich – and praise can hardly be higher than that. Gramophone...

Steve Davislim

Discography

Arcadia Lost is a banquet for lovers of British music featuring: Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (soloist Michael Dauth) and...
A sumptuous recording featuring musical pinnacles of the French romantic.
A selection of folksongs performed by two of Australia's most acclaimed international artists, presented in Super Audio Hybrid...
2 SACDs "The Trojan tragedy with great tunes". World premiere recording. CD1: Hélène     CD2: Nuit persane
Golden voiced tenor, Steve Davislim, appears with Orchestra Victoria and Simone Young in a recital of Strauss’ orchestral songs....
The poignant and powerful Winterreise, a haunting depiction of unrequited love, is arguably the greatest of all song-cycles...