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About Daniel

British bass Daniel Vening is a member of the International Opera Studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich where he performs Arnold Die Englische Katze, Gardener La traviata, Court Clerk Rigoletto, the Prison Guard Tosca and 'un vecchio zingaro' Il trovatore in the 2025/26 season. He was a 2025 Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.


In September 2024, Daniel made his BBC Proms debut singing the role of Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Garsington Opera. Also for Garsington, Daniel performed the role of Lackey in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, and as an Alvarez Young Artist covered Mícha in Smetena’s The Bartered Bride. For Royal Academy Opera, he has sung Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Re di Scozia in Handel’s Ariodante, Betto in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, The Portrait in Martinů’s Alexandre Bis and Snug in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

For the Royal Academy Song Circle, Daniel performed Brahms’ Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 at Wigmore Hall in January 2025. Other recent concert work includes performances of Haydn’s Creation and Nelson Mass, Handel’s Messiah, the Mozart Requiem and Solemn Vespers, Bach’s St. John Passion, B Minor Mass, cantatas Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes BWV 40 and Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70, Schubert’s Mass in G, the Fauré Requiem, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, and most notably Schubert’s Winterreise.


Daniel's competition successes include reaching the final round of Neue Stimmen 2024, the Graham Clark award at Garsington Opera, and the Lewis Memorial Prize and Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks award at the Royal Academy of Music.


Daniel graduated from Royal Academy Opera, London in 2025, where he was a student of Mark Wildman and Iain Ledingham. Daniel previously gained first class honours in his BMus course and distinction in his MA at the Royal Academy of Music.

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Selected Repertoire

Britten

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, Snug)

Handel

Ariodante (Re di Scozia)

Hans Werner Henze

Die Englische Katze (Arnold)

Martinů

Alexandre Bis (The Portrait)

Mozart

Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro)

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi (Betto)

R. Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos (Lackey)

Smetena

The Bartered Bride (Mícha - cover)

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Press

  • Die Englische Katze

    Bayerische Staatsoper
    Nov 2025

    • Daniel Vening was a delightful Arnold...

    • Arnold, the nephew eager for the inheritance, finds a first-rate interpreter in Daniel Vening , a young English bass: perfectly assured low notes, impeccable diction (the recitatives at rapid tempo abound), and a warm, inviting voice are among his principal, and certainly not least, qualities.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Garsington Opera at the BBC Proms
    Sep 2024

    • Daniel Vening won all hearts, and the loudest ovation of the night, as a lovable, and generously sung Bottom. Not only did he fit into the ensemble like a glove, Vening dominated proceedings from start to finish – the character was wonderfully etched, and he sang like a hero. Still an opera student at The Royal Academy of Music, this hugely gifted young singer clearly has a major career ahead of him. A star was well and truly born.

    • Huge plaudits should also go to Daniel Vening, who stepped up at the last minute to take on the major role of Bottom. Vening was designated cover during the production’s run this summer, so was able to perform off-book and to great aplomb - his Nick Bottom had just the right balance of pomposity and enthusiasm, making it clear why his fellow Mechanicals relied on his acting insights during the staging of their play. Vening’s efforts were loudly appreciated by the audience and the entire company, and justly so.

    • It is testament to Vening’s performance that this was one of the finest of the night, with no hint of stand-in. Vening’s third act ‘When my cue comes, call me’ was a masterclass, Britten’s low sonorities adding mystery, the clarinets and flutes sinewy lines enhancing the atmosphere. A triumph.

  • Die Zauberflöte

    Royal Academy Opera
    Mar 2025

    • Daniel Vening made an impressively sage Sarastro, noble in his aria O Isis und Osiris...

    • True young basses aren't easy to find, but the RAM has at least one in Daniel Vening. He's Sarastro as "good" surgeon ranged against the dodgy nursing roles taken by the three ladies...

    • Daniel Vening as Sarastro was apparently blessed with an invisible internal wormhole from which to draw a voice of mountainous dimension and alpine majesty. Any cult leader capable of the gravitas which infused his Act II aria “O Isis und Osiris” would doubtlessly draw the following to overthrow their opposing midnight monarchies.