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Born in Paris, Baritone David Mimran spent his early childhood in Brazil. He holds a Masters of Law (International Law) from Université de Paris II and practiced law until he moved to New York in 2000 and started studying music at City University of New York (CUNY). He made his operatic debut that same year at the Walt Whitman Theater in Brooklyn as the Tree in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges.

While he had no prior singing experience, David had intensively studied the major languages of opera, adding German – prompted by a seminal audition of Wagner’s Parsifal – Italian, and Finnish, to English and French.

Since 2000, David has since sung in dozens of staged performances with New York based opera companies, interpreting leading bass-baritone roles such as Sam in Ballo in Maschera, Silva in Ernani, Dulcamara in L’Elisir d’amore, Caporal in La fille du régiment, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, Sagrestano in Tosca, Benoît & Alcindoro in La bohème, Niejus & Cascada in The Merry Widow, Frank in Fledermaus and Morales & Zuniga in Carmen.

His great vocal flexibility, powerful squillo and natural acting skills allow him to interpret buffo and tragic roles with intention and nuance.

He has explored the baroque bass repertoire with Haendel’s Giulio Cesare (Achille), Alcina (Melisso), Apollo & Dafne (Apollo) and works by Rameau in performances of Pygmalion and Hippolyte et Aricie and a masterclass by internationally renowned tenor Marcello Giordani.

In 2015, he turned to the Baritone repertoire, performing Il Conte di Luna in Trovatore in 2015 and Rodrigo in Don Carlo, in 2016.   

In concert he has performed Dapertutto‘s aria “Scintille Diamant” from Contes d’Hoffmann and Malatesta‘s “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale. 

David’s love for music performance extends to Rock as well - and he has applied the classical method of performing to recordings in which he strives to sing and play all vocals, guitars and bass on classic rock songs, as closely as possible to the originals, exploring recording techniques, the use of synthesizers and midi instruments to complement and learning the art of mixing in the process. Find them on SoundCloud under the pseudonym Jack Dry.

David is now studying with Soprano Elizabeth de Trejo and focusing on the Bass repertoire.