David Steffens

Bass-baritone

A bass-baritone appearing with the Boston Symphony in Haydn's The Creation.

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In short

David Steffens is a bass-baritone scheduled to appear as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 2026, singing in Haydn's oratorio The Creation. Beyond this engagement, no verified biographical details are available in our records.

What to listen for

In these performances, Steffens sings one of the low male solo roles in Haydn's The Creation, an oratorio that tells the biblical story of the world's formation across three parts, narrated and dramatized through solo singers, chorus, and orchestra. The bass-baritone parts in this piece (often associated with the archangel Raphael and, in the third part, Adam) call for a voice that can move between narrating recitative, where the singer describes events like the appearance of light or the animals, and full arias that paint those events in sound, such as passages imitating the roaring of lions or the crawling of worms. Listeners can expect a voice suited to both storytelling clarity and moments of vivid text-painting, delivered alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra and chorus.

Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.