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<p>2.28.40.252: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}<br /> {{BLP no footnotes|date=May 2007}}<br /> '''David Habbin''' is a [[tenor]] from [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]], who achieved international acclaim as a founding member of the pop opera band, [[Amici Forever]].<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> Habbin spent several years performing and writing with [[rock music|rock]] and [[pop music|pop]] bands, including The Flaming Softies, Wildlife and Prima Shock before he began vocal training with international [[opera]]tic [[tenor]] [[Jon Andrew]] and secured funding to study acting and music theatre at Mountview Theatre School in [[North London]].<br /> <br /> After completing his studies there, he performed in the roles of Marius and Combeferre in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]]; had a role in a British feature movie, ''[[Julie and the Cadillacs]]''; and starred in the role of Tony in ''[[West Side Story]]'', directed by the librettist, playwright and co-creator of ''West Side Story'' [[Arthur Laurents]], in [[London]] in the original West End revival and in the subsequent tour throughout the [[United Kingdom]] for over 600 performances.<br /> <br /> Habbin then went on to consolidate his operatic training for two years at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]] in [[Manchester]], and has since performed with various UK opera companies in several roles, including Alfredo in ''[[La Traviata]]'', Lt. Pinkerton in ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', Ernesto in ''[[Don Pasquale]]'', Almaviva in ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', Alfred in ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' and Fenton in ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]''.<br /> <br /> Habbin also worked with Glyndebourne Festival Opera for their Summer Festival and their touring company, before joining [[Amici Forever]].<br /> <br /> Habbin starred in the 2008 performances of ''[[White Christmas (musical)|White Christmas]]'' for [[Raymond Gubbay]] with [[Jacinta Whyte]] at [[Royal Albert Hall]]. Most recently he appeared in Carrie at the Southwark Playhouse and in Brigadoon with John Wilson at the RTE Concert Hall in Dublin. <br /> <br /> ==Discography==<br /> ;with Amici Forever<br /> * ''[[The Opera Band]]'' (2004)<br /> * ''[[Defined (album)|Defined]]'' (2005)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;!--- See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] on how to create references using &lt;ref&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; tags which will then appear here automatically --&gt;<br /> {{Reflist|30em}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{IMDb name|id=0352134|name=David Habbin}}<br /> *[https://www.youtube.com/davidhabbin Video channel on YouTube]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Habbin, David}}<br /> [[Category:English opera singers]]<br /> [[Category:English tenors]]<br /> [[Category:People from Ringwood, Hampshire]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]</div>

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