Noted for his "subtly inflected tenor phrasing" (Berkshire Eagle) Daveed Buzaglo is a highly versatile up and coming performer. This past season saw Buzaglo debut the role of “Siavash” in Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s Opera “We the innumerable” produced by the Center for Contemporary Opera at National Sawdust in Brooklyn. He played the role of the “Decimista” in Alejadro Zuleta’s premiere of “El Oratorio Panhispanico” produced by the Co-Cathedral of Brooklyn. Daveed was also the featured tenor soloist on the recording of Dave Soldier’s “Laudato Si.” As an ensemble member Buzaglo performed in the opening performances of the newly renovated David Geffin Hall at Lincoln center as a member of the New York Philharmonic Chorus. The performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony conducted by Jaap van Zweden was featured on PBS’ “Great Performances.” Other featured ensemble performances this past season included a performance of “Done Made My Vow” by Adolphus Hailstork with the New York Philharmonic, Carmina Burana with Opera Philadelphia, Mozart’s C Minor Mass with the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and appearances with St. Thomas Church on 5th avenue. This coming season will see Daveed appear as the featured soloist in Ofer Ben Amots’ “Celestial Dialogues” with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs in Colorado Springs. Other past appearances have included performances with Des Moines Metro Opera where he took part in the Emmy ® nominated production of Rusalka, Tanglewood Music Center, Finger Lakes Opera, Songfest, Killer Queen Opera, City Lyric Opera, Opera NEO, Emmanuel Music, the Western Reserve Chamber Music Series and The Art Song Preservation Society of New York where he was a finalist in the 2020 Mary Trueman song competition. 

Buzaglo holds a degree from the Interlochen Arts Academy where he won the voice department award, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received his Bachelors of Music, Stony Brook University where he received his Masters of Music, an apprenticeship with Des Moines Metro Opera, and a vocal fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center where he worked side by side with artists such as Dawn Upshaw, Stephanie Blythe, Renée Fleming and Sanford Sylvan. In 2021 Buzaglo co-created a short film entitled The Ballad of Longwood Glen based on a musical setting by American composer Richard Wilson of Vladamir Nabakov’s poem of the same title. In 2012 Daveed was named a national winner in classical voice with YoungArts and went on to be named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts Finalist. He currently serves the national selection panel as the Discipline Coordinator for the Voice department. A dedicated educator, Daveed has led the vocal departments at Stony Brook University as an undergraduate voice instructor, the Bronx School of Music, and is currently on faculty at Brooklyn Music School. 

Britten’s Five Canticles

This past May Daveed produced, directed, and performed in a multimedia, multidisciplinary production of the "Five Canticles" by Benjamin Britten. This effort was done in collaboration with Music at Co-Cath in Brooklyn, and City Lyric Opera and included work by film maker Jean-Carlo Ramirez, choreographer Jamie Askey, projection design by Orsolya Szantho, and visual art created by Patty Smith and Alphonse van Woerkom.

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New York Philharmonic “March to Liberation”

Read the NYT review of the New York Philharmonic Chorus performance of Adolphus Hailstork’s “Done Made My Vow.”

El Oratorio Panhispanico

Learn more about Daveed’s upcoming performance as the Decimista with the Music at Co-Cath’s world premiere of Alejandro Zuleta’s “El Oratorio Panhispanico” March 31 and April 1st..

The Ballad of Longwood Glen

Learn more about Daveed’s debut film based on the Richard Wilson song.