The Swiss debut of American baritone David Maze as Valentin in St. Gallen's production of Faust received a flattering review from Bern's daily Der Bund: "The journey to eastern Switzerland was worth it if only because of David Maze's superior, baritonally rich Valentin." From five Swiss productions of Faust (in Basel, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich and St. Gallen), the Neue Zürcher Zeitung assembled their “ideal all-star cast of singers” that included Inva Mula, Ruggiero Raimondi, and David Maze.

2008 marks the 12th year of David Maze’s residency in St. Gallen.  He opens the season as Buonafede in Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna and continues the season as Danilo in Die Lustige Witwe, Germont in La traviata and Prince Yletsky in Pique Dame.  Concert work includes Barber’s Dover Beach with the Ishikawa String Quartet and Carmina Burana in Bregenz, Austria.

Mr. Maze made his European debut in 1993 at Paris' Opéra-Comique as Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos.  He made his Italian debut as Wolfram in Tannhäuser at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and opened the 1998-99 season as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly in the Salzburg Festspielhaus.

Mr. Maze triumphed in many significant premieres. He sang the role of Pacuvio in the American premiere of Rossini's La pietra del paragone at the Austin Lyric Opera, Ben Palmer in the San Antonio Festival's premiere of Robert Xavier Rodriguez' opera The Old Majestic, created the role of Gerry in Cue 67 at the Virginia Opera, and performed the role of L'Ami at L'Opéra Français de New York in the American premiere of Milhaud's Le Pauvre Matelot.   He created three roles in St. Gallen: Malin in John Wolf Brennan’s Night Shift, Francisco Obieta’s Tango, and La Conscience in Gérard Zinstag's Ubu Cocu. The Swiss debut of A Streetcar Named Desire in St. Gallen was very favorably reviewed by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in April 2002: "David Maze portrays a virile Stanley, whose metallic baritone voice is capable of a warm mellowness during the duet with his wife.”

Enjoying an active schedule of orchestral engagements, Mr. Maze is a frequent soloist with the St. Galler Dom Cor and Orchestra. In the past two seasons, he has sung Haydn’s Mass in E-flat Major, Mozart’s Mass in C, Paul Huber’s Missa Brevis, and Gounod’s Cäcilienmesse and was guest soloist in Haydn’s Mass in B-flat major with the acclaimed Swiss Sacred Music Festival.  Additional highlights include Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem with the Sante Fe Symphony and the Austin Civic Orchestra, Vaughan-Williams' A Sea Symphony in both Flint and Mexico City, Thea Musgrave's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge with the Virginia Symphony, Fauré's Requiem with the Zürich Gemischter Chor, Finzi's In Terra Pax with the Augusta Opera Chorus, Rachmaninoff's The Bells with the Charlotte Symphony, Vaughan-Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Dave Brubeck's La Fiesta de la Posada (with the composer), and Elijah and Israel in Egypt with the Texas Bach Choir.  He is in great demand as soloist in Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana a work he has performed in Vaduz Liechtenstein, in Antwerp, Belgium, with the Flint Symphony, and on two occasions with the National Symphony of Mexico.

June 2009 - Please destroy any previously released version