David Miller (singer)
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David Miller, born April 14, 1973, is an American
tenor
and member of the operatic pop
musical quartet Il Divo
.
, California
but grew up in Littleton
, Colorado
; he is a 1991 graduate of Heritage High School
. He starred in high school productions as the Rooster in Annie and Noah in Two by Two. Not interested in his father's suggestion that he join the military, David went on to Oberlin Conservatory of Music
, where he graduated with excellent grades and degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera Theatre.
He has worked with the top American opera companies on several roles, including Des Grieux in Manon, Romeo in Romeo et Juliette, Werther, Alfredo in La Traviata and Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Opera Pacific.
On May 6, 1998 he performed, along with other opera singers, for President Bill Clinton
in the White House
.
In 1999, he appeared with the Los Angeles Opera at the prestigious Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Chile) singing Tybalt in Bellini’s production of Capulets and Montagues in the "Fiesta de Savonlinna."
In 2000, he made his debut, with good critical reviews and much success, with the Australian Opera at La Scala in Milan
, singing Tony in West Side Story.
Miller made his debut in the Flemish opera as Cassio in 2001 and 2002. In addition he performed as Trieste in Daniel Oren’s Manon. In the USA, he participated in The Tales of Hoffman in Hartford, Connecticut
. He also interpreted the role of Percy in Donizetti’s Anne Boleyn in Pittsburgh
with John Mauceri during 2000/2001. During the 2002/2003 season he performed in the world premiere of the opera of Marco Tuttino Vita at La Scala.
His best work to date is considered to be his role as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann
’s 2002 version of Puccini’s La Boheme
. This theatrical spectacle modernized the opera, in an effort to lure young audiences to Broadway
. Luhrmann staged a grand show as he did with Moulin Rouge!
and his Romeo et Juliette. Luhrmann's version of La Bohème premiered in Sydney
, Australia
ten years before it debuted on Broadway. David was one of 3 Rodolfo's in the Original Broadway cast.
Other roles he has undertaken have included Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
, Belmonte in Abduction from the Seraglio and Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress.
, French pop singer Sébastien Izambard
, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marín
.
Besides their musical experience and prowess, the members of Il Divo
are also recognized for their impeccable taste in fashion, dressing almost exclusively in Armani suits, along with their handsome looks. As a result of this, their first album, called Il Divo
became a worldwide multiplatinum selling record when released in November 2004, entering Billboard at number four and selling five million copies worldwide in less than a year and knocking Robbie Williams
from the number one spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora
, was released on November 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom
. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released on November 21, 2006 in the United States
and on November 27, 2006 internationally. Their latest album, The Promise
, was released on November 10, 2008 (world) & November 18, 2008 (US), and shot straight to number 1 in the UK.
, Joy "Sarah-Joy" Kabanuck, for 6 years before being married on August 8, 2009 in New York City.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
and member of the operatic pop
Operatic pop
Operatic pop, pop opera or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic style, or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop. The term popera and adjectives poperatic and popical are used by some media editors and music reviewers...
musical quartet Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
.
Early life
He was born in San DiegoSan Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
but grew up in Littleton
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
; he is a 1991 graduate of Heritage High School
Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado)
Heritage High School, in Littleton, Colorado was completed in 1972 as the last of three high schools in the Littleton Public Schools system. It was rated by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 200 high schools in the United States, and the Denver-based 5280 magazine acknowledged Heritage High...
. He starred in high school productions as the Rooster in Annie and Noah in Two by Two. Not interested in his father's suggestion that he join the military, David went on to Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...
, where he graduated with excellent grades and degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera Theatre.
He has worked with the top American opera companies on several roles, including Des Grieux in Manon, Romeo in Romeo et Juliette, Werther, Alfredo in La Traviata and Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Opera Pacific.
On May 6, 1998 he performed, along with other opera singers, for President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
in the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
.
In 1999, he appeared with the Los Angeles Opera at the prestigious Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Chile) singing Tybalt in Bellini’s production of Capulets and Montagues in the "Fiesta de Savonlinna."
In 2000, he made his debut, with good critical reviews and much success, with the Australian Opera at La Scala in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, singing Tony in West Side Story.
Miller made his debut in the Flemish opera as Cassio in 2001 and 2002. In addition he performed as Trieste in Daniel Oren’s Manon. In the USA, he participated in The Tales of Hoffman in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
. He also interpreted the role of Percy in Donizetti’s Anne Boleyn in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
with John Mauceri during 2000/2001. During the 2002/2003 season he performed in the world premiere of the opera of Marco Tuttino Vita at La Scala.
His best work to date is considered to be his role as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
’s 2002 version of Puccini’s La Boheme
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
. This theatrical spectacle modernized the opera, in an effort to lure young audiences to Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
. Luhrmann staged a grand show as he did with Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...
and his Romeo et Juliette. Luhrmann's version of La Bohème premiered in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
ten years before it debuted on Broadway. David was one of 3 Rodolfo's in the Original Broadway cast.
Other roles he has undertaken have included Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, Belmonte in Abduction from the Seraglio and Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress.
Il Divo
In December 2003, he became a member of the international musical quartet Il Divo along with Swiss operatic tenor Urs BühlerUrs Bühler
Urs Toni Bühler is a classically-trained tenor and member of the operatic pop musical quartet, Il Divo.-Early life:...
, French pop singer Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard is a French pop singer and a member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo.-Early life:Sébastien Izambard was born in Paris, France on 7 March 1973 to a poor family...
, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marín
Carlos Marín
Carlos Marín is a Spanish baritone and member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo.-Early life:Born in Mörfelden-Walldorf near Rüsselsheim but raised in Madrid, Spain, Carlos started his career in music early in life, recording his first album when he was eight years old, produced by...
.
Besides their musical experience and prowess, the members of Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
are also recognized for their impeccable taste in fashion, dressing almost exclusively in Armani suits, along with their handsome looks. As a result of this, their first album, called Il Divo
Il Divo (album)
Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States on Columbia Records....
became a worldwide multiplatinum selling record when released in November 2004, entering Billboard at number four and selling five million copies worldwide in less than a year and knocking Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
from the number one spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora
Ancora
Ancora is the second album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States and Latin America. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at...
, was released on November 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released on November 21, 2006 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and on November 27, 2006 internationally. Their latest album, The Promise
The Promise (Il Divo album)
The Promise is the fifth studio album by the operatic pop group, Il Divo. The Promise was released globally on November 10, except in the US and Canada, where it was released November 18, Ireland where it was released on November 7, and Japan, on 26 November. The album reached the No.1 spot in the...
, was released on November 10, 2008 (world) & November 18, 2008 (US), and shot straight to number 1 in the UK.
Outside of Il Divo
In December 2007, while Il Divo was taking a break from their world tour, David made a return to the classical opera stage. He performed in recital with the Chicago Pops Orchestra, singing a variety of tenor arias as well as some show tunes and Christmas favourites. Additionally, Miller performed the duet Time to Say Goodbye along with his then girlfriend (now wife), soprano Joy Kabanuck.Private life
David dated soprano and member of U.S.popera group Three GracesThe Three Graces
Antonio Canova’s statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on some engravings of the statue as, from left to right, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia - who were said to represent beauty, charm and joy...
, Joy "Sarah-Joy" Kabanuck, for 6 years before being married on August 8, 2009 in New York City.
Discography
- Baz Luhrmann's La BohèmeLa bohèmeLa bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
- Highlights from the 2002 Original Broadway Cast - Il DivoIl Divo (album)Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States on Columbia Records....
(as member of Il Divo, 2004) - AncoraAncoraAncora is the second album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States and Latin America. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at...
(as member of Il Divo, 2005) - The Christmas Collection (as member of Il Divo, 2005)
- Voices from the FIFA World CupVoices from the FIFA World CupVoices from the FIFA World Cup is a collection of songs released at the time of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Track listing :Disc 1# "The Time of Our Lives" - Il Divo and Toni Braxton...
(as member of Il Divo, 2006) - Siempre (as member of Il Divo, 2006)
- The PromiseThe Promise (Il Divo album)The Promise is the fifth studio album by the operatic pop group, Il Divo. The Promise was released globally on November 10, except in the US and Canada, where it was released November 18, Ireland where it was released on November 7, and Japan, on 26 November. The album reached the No.1 spot in the...
(as member of Il Divo, 2008). - An Evening with Il Divo: Live in Barcelona (as member of Il Divo, 2009)
Performances
- Il Divo Live Concert. Recorded at the Teatro Clásico in Mérida, Spain. For the "Encore" DVD, 2005.
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2006
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2007
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2009: "An Evening With Il Divo"