David Bizic

David Bizic was born in 1975 in Belgrade

David Bizic was born in Belgrade on 25 November 1975. His father was a physical chemist and his mother is a psychologist. As a child he listened to opera records at home, including The Three Tenors concerts.

He studied archaeology before turning to singing. In 2000 he began voice studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with Bibiana Goldenthal. He then studied at the International Vocal Arts Institute and trained in the young artists programs of the Israeli Opera and the Paris National Opera.

His first principal role was Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Nantes in 2006. Around that time he received the AROP prize from the Paris National Opera and second prize at the Operalia competition. He drew wider notice as Masetto in productions of Don Giovanni in Paris and Aix-en-Provence, and later sang Leporello in both.

In 2014 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Albert in Werther, and he has returned every season since. He has sung in opera houses across Europe and America, and in concerts including Zeisl's Requiem Ebraico with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta. In 2023 he debuted at the San Francisco Opera as Belcore in L'elisir d'amore.