ENO1920 Madam Butterfly: David Parry

David Parry

Translator

David Parry has translated well over 20 operas for various companies.

Currently for ENO: Madam Butterfly

Career Highlights

Conducting credits: Rape of Lucretia, Ernani, Così fan tutte, Turk in Italy, La Vestale, Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, Madam Butterfly, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance (ENO); Così, Flight (Glyndebourne); L’elisir d’amore, Idomeneo, Pagliacci, Der Zwerg, Nabucco, Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North); Traviata, Carmen (Scottish Opera); Don Pasquale, Gazza ladra, Barbiere di Siviglia, L’equivoco stravagante, Comte Ory, Donna del lago, Cenerentola, Armida, Turco in Italia, La Périchole, Maometto secondo, Vert-Vert (Garsington); Maria Stuarda (Stockholm Royal Opera); Don Giovanni (Hannover); Mosé in Egitto, Zauberflöte (Cologne); Don Giovanni, Barbiere, Comte Ory, Turandot, Pinocchio (Stuttgart); Marx in London (Bonn); Peter Grimes, Jenůfa, Rake’s Progress (Madrid); Der fliegende Holländer (Portland Opera); Cav & Pag, Flight, Caterina Cornaro (Netherlands); Barbiere, Fille du régiment, Traviata, Giulio Cesare (Oviedo); Don Giovanni, Maometto secondo, Ermione (Rostock); Barbiere, Don Pasquale, Carmen, Contes d’Hoffmann (San Sebastian); Hoffmann (Wuppertal); Lucia di Lammermoor (Murcia); Tosca, Zauberflöte(Hong Kong); Katya Kabanova, Fidelio (New Zealand); Lucia (Tel Aviv); Barbiere, Maria Stuarda, Finta giardiniera (Basel).

Recordings: numerous operas for Opera Rara (Diapason d’Or Award for Medea in Corinto, Gramophone Award for Ermione) and Chandos. He also enjoys an international concert career.  

Last updated: 29th January 2020