David Henshaw ( A.T.C.L.) is a founder member operahouse and is also currently Chairman of Charnwood Opera, having joined them in 1996 to sing Germont in La Traviata, and subsequently Belcore: Elixir of Love, Sarastro: The Magic Flute, Marcello: La Bohème, the eponymous bridegroom in Marriage of Figaro, Escamillo in Carmen, Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus and most recently Baron Zeta in the Merry Widow.
He has sung major roles in all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas with Melbourne G&S Society and he also sings with New Opera, Derby with whom his roles include Rocco: Fidelio, Ramphis: Aida and Long Tom in Merry England. He won the Rae Woodlands' Scholarship to observe at the Britten-Pears School and enjoys solo concert bookings in large and small works, such as singing the Bass solos in Handel's Messiah recently at Peterborough Cathedral.
Taught by Barbara Lowe, he sings with the Sitwell Singers and is closely involved in church music being the choirmaster and organist at St. Peter's, Chellaston.
Following his memorable performances as the evil tyrant Baron Scarpia in Tosca, he explores two very contrasting roles in Madame Butterfly. Quite a challenge. The first is Butterfly's uncle, the bombastic ill-tempered Bonze and then the Yamadori, a rather limp ineffectual Japanese neveaux riche and would be suitor of Butterfly.