David Serero

David Serero (born 22 April 1981) is a Moroccan-French baritone opera singer.

He has played more than 1,500 concerts worldwide, and lead roles in opera, theater and musicals such as Cyrano (Cyrano de Bergerac), Shylock (The Merchant of Venice), Othello (Othello), Nabucco (Nabucco), Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha), Richard III (Richard III), Napoleon Bonaparte, Escamillo (Carmen), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Amonasro (Aida), the title roles of Don Giovanni and Rigoletto and starred in more than 100 films and TV series.

He has toured in America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Russia.

He lived in New York from 2001 to 2003, where he studied singing with teachers from Broadway and from the Metropolitan Opera and acting at the HB Studio where he played Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Uncle Louie from Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon and Marc Anthony from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.

Serero moved to St Petersburg, Russia, to study at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music Conservatory where he made his debut as Scarpia (Tosca) and Germont (La traviata).

Following these performances, he was invited by Valery Gergiev to be part of the Young Singers Academy of the Mariinsky Theater.

In 2006, Serero made his European debut in the role of Escamillo (Carmen) at the Brasov Opera and returned the following year to perform the Four Villains (The Tales of Hoffmann).

Following these performances, he was named Ambassador of the City of Brasov.

His American debut took place the next year, when he performed as Alfio (Cavalliera rusticana) and Canio (Pagliacci) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In 2008, he performed Dr Malatesta (Don Pasquale) with the Centre Philharmonic Orchestra in Bordeaux, and returned to the Brasov Opera, where he received the Encouragement Prize from the Bizet Foundation for his performance of Zurga in The Pearl Fishers.

In 2009, he performed Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Escamillo in Florida,http://www.davidserero.com/files/Heritage.jpg and in July, was selected to be part of the opera competition Operalia, founded by Plácido Domingo, at the Budapest Opera and Pecs Opera.

In 2010, he performed more than 50 performances of the lead roles from the operetta La Périchole and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein in Paris.

And also performed Zapata from the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico in Nice.

In June 2010, he performed a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower for more than 18 000 people.

From September 2010 to June 2011, Serero performed at the Opera du Ranelagh in Paris, which included a concert with pianist Cyprien Katsaris.

In June 2010, he performed three concerts in Vladikavkaz (Russia) with singers Zarina Maliti and Felix Tsarikati.

In April 2011, he sang at the Olympia in Paris.

In June 2011, he performed at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow with Iossif Kobzon.

That same month, he played the part of the bodyguard in the movie Chinese Zodiac CZ12, directed by Jackie Chan.

In July 2011, he performed the lead role of the first opera in Hebrew, The Dybbuk, at the Kfar Blum Festival, Israel, and performed a concert at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians children.

In September 2011, he performed a concert at the Synagogue of Nazareth in Paris for the European Day of Jewish Culture.

In December 2011, he performed in Nouméa (New Caledonia) and in Saint Denis (Reunion Island).

In January 2012, he performed Valiente from operetta Andalousia in Lyon and in March, he performed the lead role of Don Quixote from the musical Man of La Mancha in Paris, Tokyo and Deauville.

He received the award of best Actor/singer as Don Quixote from the Dale Wasserman Foundation in Los Angeles.

In April 2012, he performed his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

In June 2012, he founded the first Paris Musical Film Festival with the City Hall of Paris.

In both July 2012 and 2013, he performed for the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, and performed a concert at the Felicja Blumenthal in Tel-Aviv.

In October 2012, he performed his West End debut at the Dominion Theatre in London.

In November 2012, he performed in Paris in the lead role of Happy Mac from Duke Ellington's only Broadway musical Beggar's Holiday.

Serero also sang the title role in the first cast album recording.

In January 2013, Serero wrote, directed and produced the musical You Are Not Alone, in which he starred with Jermaine Jackson.

In 2017, David Serero was honored in Marquis Who's Who for outstanding achievement in the entertainment world and for his contribution for the betterment of contemporary society.

He is a member of the Recording Academy (Grammys) and the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences (Emmys), for which he is both a voting member.

In 2019, he is named one of the top most influential Moroccans by airline Royal Air Maroc, and received the 2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2020, he receives the Award for Diversity by the Unesco.

He wins the 2020 BroadwayWorld Awards for Best Performer of the decade, Best Producer of a Musical of the decade, Best Producer of a Play of the decade.

The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, awards him with the Certificate of Recognition for his contributions to the City of New York.

Born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish family from Fez, Serero studied jazz piano at the American School of Modern Music and at the Bill Evans Piano Academy in Paris.

He graduated from both of these schools as a pianist and arranger.

In 2020, he receives the Award for Diversity by the UNESCO.