“Blake Davidson stood out from the pack with a ringing, glorious baritone. He displayed exceptional power even in his highest notes and a consistently gorgeous tone.” – Punch Shaw, Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Bio
Dallas, TX native Blake Davidson is an award-winning singer who has performed all over the world, and whose range of experience includes opera, symphony, and musical theatre. He received his vocal training at The University of North Texas and has been presented in solo concerts at NYU, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Tokyo Opera House.
Mr. Davidson has sung with the Anchorage Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Dallas Symphony (on whose Christmas CD he is the featured soloist), the Fort Worth Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. Performances outside the US include New Zealand’s Auckland Philharmonia and the Filharmonico de Jalisco (Guadalajara, Mexico). Early in his career he was seen off-Broadway at 2nd Stage, and as the ringmaster for the Shrine circus.
Davidson’s awards and nominations include the American Repertoire Award at the Bellini Competition in Sicily, and a Best Actor in a Musical nomination for the prestigious Leon Rabin Award for his portrayal of Fred/Petruchio in “Kiss Me, Kate”. He is in demand as soloist and recording artist with many symphonies, including the Dallas Symphony “Christmas at the Superpops” concert, and a Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Corpus Christi Symphony. He was recently the featured soloist with the San Angelo Symphony in their “Home for the Holidays” Christmas concert, followed by a return engagement with the Corpus Christi Symphony in their ‘Christmas in July’ concert.
Mr. Davidson is a producer of, and performer in, the national touring shows “The 3 Redneck Tenors” and “The Tenors of Comedy”, the latter of which was recently featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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Acclaim
Feel the Rhythm!, Voices Intimae
“Blake Davidson’s outgoing manner was allied to an attractively brassy baritone.”
– Scott Cantrell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
H.M.S. Pinafore (Bill Bobstay), The Living Opera
“Actually, the Living Opera has a fine bunch of singers. Blake Davidson’s Bill Bobstay is a standout, with a particularly powerful and well-formed voice.”
– Scott Cantrell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Man of La Mancha (The Duke/Dr. Carrasco), Casa Manana
“Blake Davidson as the doctor . . . provides some of the show’s best singing.”
– Lawson Taitte, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Evita (Juan Peron), Lyric Stage
“Davidson’s lush voice and sharp acting skills made his performance bounce.”
– Elaine Liner, THE DALLAS OBSERVER
Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall) concert
“The marvelous American baritone Blake Davidson gave his wonderful stage presence and rich, house-filling voice to Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Soliloquy” from Carousel. He is a splendid performer who brings a great dignity and maturity that goes beyond his still relatively few years. As he grows as an artist, I will not be at all surprised to see him join the ranks of such great singers as Thomas Hampson or William Sharp.”
– Jeffrey James, Editor, INTERNATIONAL COMPOSER
Pagliacci (Tonio), Auckland Philharmonia
Auckland, NZ
“The two Americans impressed . . . Blake Davidson, as Tonio, putting the Prologue across with the same pizzazz that one might expect from a baritone who has Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Soliloquy’ under his belt.”
– William Dart, THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD
Rodgers and Hammerstein Tribute, The Florida Orchestra
Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, FL
“Davidson . . . has a tour de force in ‘Soliloquy.'”
– John Fleming, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The Best of Broadway, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Forth Worth, Texas
“Davidson just about brought the house down with ‘Ol’ Man River’.”
– Punch Shaw, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
Tribute to Richard Rodgers, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas, Texas
“Mr. Davidson would probably win the Mr. Personality award, his ‘Soliloquy’ from Carousel glowed with life.”
– Olin Chislm, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Broadway!, Dallas Symphony Pops
Dallas, Texas
“Blake Davidson stood out from the pack with a ringing, glorious baritone. He displayed exceptional power even in his highest notes and a consistently gorgeous tone.”
– Punch Shaw, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
“Dallas Christmas Gala” CD recording
Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
“The high points . . . are Blake Davidson’s solos, his baritone as warm and rich as plum pudding.”
– Scott Cantrell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Videos
Blake Davidson sings “Grateful”
Blake Davidson as Elijah
with the Texas Wesleyan University orchestra and chorus.
The Music of the Night from “Phantom of the Opera”
Where is the Life that Late I Led? From “Kiss Me Kate”
Where Thine that Special Face? From “Kiss Me Kate”
I’ve Come to Wive it Wealthy in Padula From “Kiss Me Kate”
Blake Davidson sings “Lean Away” by Gene Scheer