Giovanni David

Giovanni David (15 September 1790 in Naples – 1864 in Saint Petersburg) was an Italian tenor particularly known for his roles in Rossini operas.

He made his operatic début in Siena in 1808 in Adelaide de Guesclino by Johann Simon Mayr.

He is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini, mostly for Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples: He also created the roles of Fernando in the revised version of Bellini's Bianca e Fernando (1828) and Leicester in Donizetti's Il castello di Kenilworth (1829).

David was noted for his vocal range of almost 3 octaves in performance (up to b♭′&prime).

He retired from the stage in 1839, and subsequently managed an opera company in Saint Petersburg, Russia.