The baritone Daniel Ochoa is internationally sought after as an opera and concert singer due to his vocal versatility. He has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Hamburg, Nuremberg and Munich Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, along with period instrument ensembles such as La Scintilla, Anima Eterna in Bruges, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, lautten compagney Berlin and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. He has worked with conductors including Herbert Blomstedt, Reinhard Goebel, Thomas Hengelbrock, Paul McCreesh, Helmuth Rilling, Ken-David Masur and Christoph Spering.
In 2025/26 he has performed in concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Frauenkirche in Dresden, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and the Cologne Philharmonie. He appeared in Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Isarphilharmonie and the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, and on tour with the Windsbach Boys’ Choir, including to the Rheingau Music Festival. He also appeared in a series of recitals at the Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth.
Following guest engagements at various opera houses, he was a member of the Vienna Volksoper from 2012 to 2017, singing roles including Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Count (Der Wildschütz), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role of Don Giovanni, Marcello (La bohème) and the baritone solo in Carmina Burana.
His wide-ranging concert repertory reaches from the Renaissance to contemporary compositions. As a native of Leipzig, he feels an especial affinity with the music of Bach, and is much sought after by ensembles such as the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Munich Bach Choir, the Balthasar Neumann Choir and the Gaechinger Cantorey. His artistic work is documented on more than thirty recordings, some of which have won awards.
Daniel Ochoa developed his love of singing at the age of five in the MDR Children’s Choir. He studied singing at the universities of music in Rostock, Leipzig and Berlin, and has been inspired by teachers including Matthias Goerne, Thomas Quasthoff and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
