David Fischer has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 2019. At his home theatre, as well as at numerous other prestigious venues such as the Salzburger Festspiele, the Semperoper Dresden, the Theater an der Wien and the Leipzig Opera, he performs the full range of roles in his repertoire, including Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Cassio in Verdi’s Otello, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Alfred in Strauß‘ Die Fledermaus and Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fiegende Holländer. In Düsseldorf this season, he makes his debut as David in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as well as Arturo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. He will also appear as the Evangelist in Bach’s Johannes-Passion at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam and in February 2027 will make his house debut at the Royal Opera House in London as Tamino. This will be followed in May by the Steuermann in a semi-staged production of Der fiegende Holländer presented by SWR at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
David Fischer’s concert season includes Haydn’s Stabat Mater at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Bachfest Leipzig, his Weihnachts-Oratorium at the St. Michael’s Church in Hamburg, a European tour of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion conducted by Teodor Currentzis, and Mendelssohn’s Elias at the Philharmonie Essen under Constantin Trinks.
In the past, David Fischer has collaborated with conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Ádám Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Tarmo Peltokoski, Jordi Savall and René Jacobs and has appeared with orchestras such as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Freiburger Barockorchester at the most prestigious venues across Europe. He has toured both Asia and Europe and has made multiple appearances at the Salzburger Festspiele. Recordings of works such as Bach’s Johannes-Passion, Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht and Mozart’s Missa in c document his artistic output.
In the realm of art song, David Fischer has performed at the Swiss Festival Classique des Haudères, in Geneva, and at the Bonner Schumannfest. Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin was performed at the Schaffhauser Meisterkonzerte as well as at the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte. In July this year, Faure’s La bonne chanson in the composer’s chamber version will be performed at the Kammermusikfestival Markgräflerland with David Fischer.