David Fischer has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 2019, where he will make his debut as Kudrjaš in Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová in the 2025/2026 season. At his home theatre, as well as at numerous other prestigious venues such as the Semperoper Dresden and the Leipzig Opera, he performs the full range of roles in his repertoire, including Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Cassio in Verdi’s Otello, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer. In October 2025, he will also return to the Theater an der Wien as Alfred in Strauß’s Die Fledermaus.
David Fischer’s concert season 2025/2026 begins with Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang under Philippe Herreweghe in Switzerland, followed by a European tour of Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium conducted by Christoph Prégardien. After a CD recording of Brahms songs, he will appear in a Haydn programme at the Wiener Konzerthaus, perform Mozart’s Missa in c at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf and take part in further concerts.
In the past, David Fischer has collaborated with conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Teodor Currentzis, Ádám Fischer, Tarmo Peltokoski 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. In 2022, he made his debut at the Schaffhauser Meisterkonzerte with Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin. In 2024, he performed the same work at the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte.