Australian Baritone
Daniel Carison
Australian baritone Daniel Carison is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most compelling young singers of his generation. Since joining the ensemble of the Landestheater Coburg in 2020, he has performed a broad repertoire spanning opera, operetta, musical theatre, concert, and Lied.
A graduate of the University of Melbourne and a three-time scholarship recipient of the Melba Opera Trust, Carison relocated to Germany in 2018 after winning the prestigious German-Australian Opera Grant, subsequently joining the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
"Daniel Carison outdoes everyone in matters of seduction. Because a baritone could not sing more versatile and elastic and at the same time act.”
/ Neue Presse - May 15 2022 /
Carison’s operatic repertoire includes Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Gianni Schicchi (Il trittico), Marcello and Schaunard (La bohème), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Escamillo (Carmen), Ned Keene (Peter Grimes), Peter Besenbinder (Hänsel und Gretel), Fred Graham (Kiss Me, Kate), Billy Flynn (Chicago), and Avenant in Philip Glass’ La Belle et la Bête, among others. He has appeared as a guest artist at the Staatstheater Augsburg, Staatstheater Würzburg, and Theater Trier.
Carison has collaborated with conductors including Daniel Carter, Guillaume Tourniaire, Nicholas Milton, Patrick Lange, Will Humburg, Konrad Junghänel, and with orchestras such as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Dortmunder Philharmoniker. His work has brought him together with directors including Nicolas Brieger, Emily Hehl, Bernd Mottl, Felix Seiler, Dominik Wilgenbus, Ingo Kerkhof, and Uwe Laufenberg.
Alongside his operatic career, Carison is a passionate recital and concert artist with a particular affinity for German Lied and English song repertoire. In 2020, together with pianist Rhodri Britton, he received support from the Deutscher Musikrat, leading to the founding of The Second Golden Age. His recital repertoire includes Schubert’s Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin, and Schwanengesang; Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Liederkreis Op. 39; Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge; Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte; Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel; Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring; Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad; and works by Ravel and Somervell.
Among his awards are the German-Australian Opera Grant, the Robert Askin Award, and Second Prize at the Australian Singing Competition.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include Pappacoda (Eine Nacht in Venedig), Schaunard (La bohème), and Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) at the Landestheater Coburg, as well as his house debut at the Staatstheater Augsburg as Avenant in Philip Glass’ La Belle et la Bête. The season concludes with his debut at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam as guest soloist with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.