Anglo-Irish baritone Dan D’Souza is an English National Opera Harewood Artist for 24/25, making his debut as Belcore The Elixir of Love in Autumn 2024.

Previous engagements have included Cirillo Fedora and Ibn-Hakia Iolanta for If Opera, Trinculo La Tempesta for Wexford Festival Opera, Father Hansel and Gretel for Lyric Opera Ireland, Silvio Pagliacci for Iford Arts, Schaunard La bohème for Mid Wales Opera, Angelotti Tosca for The Grange Festival, and Flemish Deputy Don Carlo for Royal Ballet and Opera.

A keen performer of new music, Dan has created the roles of Crane Powder Down for Shadwell Opera, Mohammed Nobody/Somebody for Northern Ireland Opera, Beast Beauty and the Seven Beasts for The Opera Story, Himself Liminal at Kings Head Theatre, Hendrik Christian Andersen The Master for Wexford Festival Opera and Cow Bel and the Dragon for Tête à Tête.

Dan D’Souza appears regularly in concert, notable engagements including Christus St John Passion and Mozart Requiem for Huddersfield Choral Society, Christus St Matthew Passion with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Messiah for Nevill Holt Opera, High Priest in Handel Semele on tour with English Baroque Soloists (a performance now available on SDG CD) and Elijah at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.

Winner of both the Dame Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition and the Royal College of Music Lieder Competition, Dan D’Souza was a laureate for the 2023 Académie Orsay-Royaumont performing in Paris with Dylan Perez and performed Winterreise at the St Magnus International Festival with the Ragazze Quartet. This season, he will appear at Bechstein Hall and Ludlow English Song Weekend.

Dan D’Souza was educated at Tiffin Boys School, the University of Cambridge, the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Opera.