Daniel Serafin has been praised as an artist of outstanding promise in opera, recital and orchestral concerts. The young Austrian baritone’s operatic repertoire spans from the classics to modern works, in his portrayals as Marcello in La Boheme, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Cascada in The Merry Widow, Count Homonay in The Gypsy Baron, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Sid in Albert Herring, Silvio in Pagliacci, the Composer in Viva la Mamma, the Black Cat/Clock in L’enfant et les sortilèges as well as the Count of Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Daniel Serafin has worked with such noteworthy directors including Academy Award Winner Maximilian Schell, Helmuth Lohner as well as the legendary Otto Schenk.
An accomplished recitalist, Daniel Serafin’s repertoire includes Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Strauss, Wolf, Duparc, Fauré, Korngold as well as Tosti and he performed for the “Marcello Giordani Foundation” at Vero Beach Opera, as well as in a solo recital at the Styria Classic Festival in Graz and Foundation sponsored recitals in Istanbul, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Bangkok, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, London and Zurich. Other recital credits include the Liechtenstein Arts Foundation and Magna Racino in Vienna, the Johann Strauss Festival, Simon Wiesenthal Foundation and the Seefestspiele Mörbisch Operetta Festival (HD live broadcast over ORF, 3sat and ARTE). Daniel Serafin was born 1981 in Vienna, Austria and studied in Salzburg, Vienna and New York were he graduated as Master of Arts. He was member of the Juilliard School. His vocal coaches were Peter Seiffert, Wiccus Slabbert as well as the internationally acclaimed voice coach Bill Schuman.
Daniel Serafin is currently preparing the following roles: Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale as well as Fritz/Frank in Die Tote Stadt from E. W. Korngold.