Baritone David Wolfe, from Shamokin, Pennsylvania is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Voice and Opera at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. There he is currently studying with W. Stephen Smith. David received his Bachelor of music from the Eastman School of Music,where he studied with both Jan Opalach and Robert Swensen. He has performed in a variety of operas while at Northwestern including two Midwest opera premiers as Paul in Jake Heggie’s If I Were You as well as Luther Harlow in In a Grove by Christopher Cerrone. This year, David was selected as a national finalist in the Eric and Dominique Laffont competition hosted by the Metropolitan Opera. David attended the Steans Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park in 2022, appearing in several recitals and masterclasses. This summer he will join Des Moines Metro Opera as an apprentice artist covering Moralés in Carmen in addition to performing in the choruses of both Carmen and The Love for Three Oranges by Prokofiev.
