Opera Miller was a member of the Pittsburgh Opera Center in 1996–1997. He first came to attention after his highly acclaimed
Washington Opera debut in March 1997 as Alfredo in
Giuseppe Verdi's
La traviata. 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 in the role of Tybalt in
Thor Steingraber's production of
I Capuleti e i Montecchi by
Vincenzo Bellini. He reprised this role at the Teatro Municipal in
Santiago de Chile, and at the
Savonlinna Festival in Finland. In 2000, he made his debut with
Opera Australia and at
Teatro alla Scala in Milan, singing Tony in
West Side Story. In 2003, he sang with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic and
Audra McDonald at the
Hollywood Bowl in excerpts from
West Side Story. Miller made his debut in the
Vlaamse Opera as Cassio in 2001 and 2002. In addition he performed in
Jules Massenet's
Manon in Teatro Verdi in Trieste under the baton of
Daniel Oren. In the US, he sang the title role in Offenbach's
The Tales of Hoffmann at the now-defunct
Connecticut Opera in
Hartford, Connecticut. He also interpreted the role of Percy in Donizetti's
Anne Boleyn at
Pittsburgh Opera with John Mauceri during 2000/2001. During the 2002/2003 season he performed in the world premiere of the opera Vita by
Marco Tutino at
Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He has worked with American opera companies in several roles, including Des Grieux in
Manon, Romeo in
Romeo et Juliette,
Werther, Alfredo in
La Traviata and Tamino in
The Magic Flute with Opera Pacific. His best known work to date is considered to be his role as Rodolfo in
Baz Luhrmann's 2002 version of Puccini's
La Boheme. This show modernized the opera in an effort to lure young audiences to
Broadway. Luhrmann staged a Broadway show as he did with
Moulin Rouge! and his
Romeo et Juliette. Luhrmann's version of
La bohème premiered in Sydney ten years before it debuted on Broadway. David was one of 3 Rodolfos in the original Broadway cast and shared
Tony Award with the other members of the ensemble cast of
Baz Luhrmann's 2002 revival of
La bohème in 2003. Outside of Il Divo he has also taken roles such as Don Ottavio in Mozart's
Don Giovanni, Belmonte in
Abduction from the Seraglio and Tom Rakewell in ''
The Rake's Progress''. 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 favorites.
Il Divo In December 2003, he became a member of the international musical quartet Il Divo along with Swiss operatic tenor
Urs Bühler, French pop singer
Sébastien Izambard, and Spanish baritone
Carlos Marín. Their
eponymous first album 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, 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 next album,
The Promise, was released on November 10, 2008 (internationally) and on November 17, 2008 (in Canada & the US), and went to number 1 in the UK. == Discography ==