David Daniels

David Daniels (born March 12, 1966, Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.) is an American opera singer who, as the preeminent countertenor of his generation, was best known for his lead roles in George Frideric Handel’s operas, including Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, and Radamisto. After being accused in 2018 of rape and sexual abuse, to which he pleaded guilty in 2023, his career ended in disgrace. Singing was Daniels’s passion from an early age. The son of two...