Baritone
Dave Malloy is an American composer, lyricist, orchestrator, and performer who revolutionized contemporary musical theatre with immersive, genre-defying works that blur the boundaries between opera, rock, and experimental theatre.
Defining moments and milestones
Dave Malloy emerged from the downtown experimental theatre scene to create Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop-inflected musical that redefined the possibilities of contemporary musical theatre through immersive staging and sophisticated composition. His subsequent works—Octet and Moby-Dick among them—have established him as a visionary composer-lyricist unafraid to merge canonical literature, operatic ambition, and cutting-edge theatrical technology. Now an established figure in American musical theatre, Malloy continues to expand the formal and emotional range of the form.
Created, composed, orchestrated, and performed in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, which transferred to Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (2016), earning 12 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical
Ohio University
Recordings featuring Dave Malloy in the Society index
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