David Stoneman is known for his work in both classic and modern opera. The California native has sung with opera companies from Santa Barbara to Boston in repertoire ranging from Henry Purcell to Philip Glass and in roles from Figaro to Scarpia. After studying locally (Orange Coast College, Chapman University, and University of Southern California), he spent two decades in Boston and New York singing opera and oratorio. Locally, David has appeared in over a dozen concerts with Pacific Symphony. His oratorio repertoire includes works as diverse as the requiems of Mozart, Brahms and Verdi, Stravinsky’s Mass, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan-Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Haydn’s Creation, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.