David Mimran - Bass-Baritone - Baryton-Basse - 100-word bio

100 words bio
Bass-Baritone David Mimran set aside a career as a lawyer in Paris to study opera in New
York.
Great vocal flexibility in a wide tessitura, natural acting skills and a knowledge of nine
languages including Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Finnish allow for a large
variety of repertoire.
Roles on stage include Figaro & Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro, Morales & Zuniga in Carmen,
Sarastro & Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Conte Ceprano in Rigoletto, Fiorello in Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, Frank in Fledermaus, Niejus & Cascada in Merry Widow, Lorenzo in I Capuletti e i
Montecchi, Achille in Giulio Cesare and Melisso in Alcina.
Languages
French: Mother tongue
English: Bilingual
German, Italian, Spanish: Proficient
Finnish, Portuguese, Hebrew: Working knowledge
Russian, Hungarian: Basic phonetic reading knowledge
I would consider studying a new language to sing a role.
Stage Experience
Full roles performed
• Conte Ceprano in Rigoletto
• Niejus aka Nisch (x2) and Cascada in The Merry Widow
• Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte
• Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• Lorenzo in I Capuletti e i Montecchi
• Spinelloccio/Nicolao in Gianni Schicchi
• Achilla in Giulio Cesare
• Docteur Grenvil in La Traviata
• Melisso in Alcina
• Dr. Javelinot/2ème Commissaire/1er Officer/Geolier in Dialogues des Carmélites
• Morales/Zuniga in Carmen
• Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro
• Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro (x2)
• Frank in Fledermaus
• First Priest/Speaker/Second Man in Arms in The Magic Flute
• Un arbre in L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Roles prepared
• Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Dr. Miracle in Contes d’Hoffmann
• Alberich in Das Rheingold
• Sagrestano in Tosca
• Abimelech/Old Hebrew in Samson et Dalila
email: david@mimran.net - tel: 1 917 650 0573 - website: www.davidmimran.net - 2