David Lara
baritone

Baritone David Lara recently completed his second summer as an apprentice with The Santa Fe Opera where he covered the Don in Don Giovanni, The High Priest in Alceste and Robert Crosbie in the World Premier of The Letter by Paul Moravec. Prior to his appearance in Santa Fe he performed with Seattle Opera's Young Artist Program for two seasons in the roles of Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, Ford in Verdi's Falstaff, Escamillo in Carmen and Woton in an adaptation of Wagner's Das Rheingold.  

A native of Kansas, Mr. Lara received an M.M. from the University of Kansas where he performed roles such as John Proctor in Ward's The Crucible, Sid in Britten's Albert Herring, and Papageno in The Magic Flute. While living in Kansas he was also an apprentice with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City where he was awarded the Kaplan Prize and was seen as Kromov in The Merry Widow, Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera, Morales in Carmen and Hosie in Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree. Mr. Lara sang the role of Iron Hans in Susa's Transformations with Merola Opera in 2006 where he also performed the role of Figaro in scenes from The Barber of Seville.

The two time regional finalist with the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions currently resides in Boston with his wife.