Horatio: Hamlet/Buff:Impresario, Buxton International Festival 2025
“Mentioned, too, should be Dan D’Souza (Horatio), with a fine baritone voice which Buxton has done well to land in a relatively minor role”
The Arts Desk
“Dan D’Souza made a big impression in the role of Horatio”
Bachtrack
“His assistant, Buff, was given an energetic and sympathetic reading by the baritone Dan D’Souza, whose warm, honeyed timbre and lyrically strong voice impressed. He rolled comfortably with the comic goings-on and successfully showed off his own comedic skills.”
Opera Wire
Apollo: Apollo e Dafne, London Handel Festival 2025
“the heroically rich-toned Dan D’Souza was a swaggering Don Draper”
The Guardian
“The solo singing is strong and often outstanding… Dan D’Souza is an exciting exponent of Apollo”
The Stage
Belcore: The Elixir of Love, English National Opera 2024
“…the impressive baritone of Dan D’Souza as Belcore with Clark Gable looks…”
Culture Whisper
“Dan D’Souza sings with admirable swagger…”
The Observer
“Dan D’Souza’s Belcore does some of the best singing of the night…”
iNews
“Dan D’Souza revealed a lush, brightly coloured, well focused baritone, and made Belcore more three-dimensional than is often the case. His clear, forthright diction gave unalloyed pleasure from the start - he clearly has an exciting career ahead of him”
Music OMH
“Dan D’Souza was unceasingly strong as the lascivious Belcore.”
London Unattached
“Dan D’Souza displays a notably firm and aesthetically pleasing baritone as Belcore…”
Opera Online
“Dan D’Souza brought a hint of camp to Belcore and sang with a handsome swagger.”
The Spectator
Schaunard: La bohème / Mid Wales Opera 2022
“Dan D’Souza was a lithe and warm-toned Schaunard.”
Opera Magazine
Escamillo: Carmen/Kings Head Theatre 2019
“Dan D’Souza is a charismatic Escamillo; anyone would fall for that beguiling baritone”
Amanda Holloway, The Stage
Death: Savitri/Hampstead Garden Opera 2020
“Dan D’Souza was impressively charismatic”
Neil Fisher, The Times
“Dan D’Souza intoned Death’s doom-laden utterances with an appropriately saturnine baritone”
Hugh Canning, Opera Magazine