Dwayne croft baritone biography

Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.
American baritone Dwayne Croft has established himself as a leading artist with prominent opera theaters throughout the world.
The 1996 winner of the prestigious Richard Tucker Foundation Award, American baritone Dwayne Croft has established himself as a leading artist with prominent.

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Dwayne Croft

Dwayne Croft, Baritone

The 1996 winner of the prestigious Richard Tucker Foundation Award, American baritone Dwayne Croft has established himself as a leading artist with prominent opera theaters throughout the world.

Since joining the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artist Development Program in 1989,
Mr. Croft has become a favorite artist of Metropolitan Opera audiences. He has appeared in more than 350 performances of 27 roles at the Metropolitan Opera, including performances of the title role in Billy Budd; Pelléas opposite Frederica von Stade in a new production of Pelléas et Mélisande; the title roles in Don Giovanni, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Eugene Onegin; Count Almaviva in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro; Giorgio Germont in La Traviata; his creation of the role of Nick Carraway in the world premiere of John Harbison's The Great Gatsby; Ernesto in the company premiere of Bellini's Il Pirata, Ford in Falstaff; Guglielmo in a new production of Cosi fan tutte; de Siriex in a new production of Fedora with Plácido Domingo and Mir

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Dwayne Croft

American baritone

Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.

He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996.^[1]

He created the role of Nick Carraway in John Harbison's The Great Gatsby in 1999, that of Jaufré Rudel in Kaija Saariaho's L'amour de loin in 2000, and that of Robert E. Lee in Philip Glass's Appomattox.

His brother, Richard Croft, is also an opera singer of international renown.

A native of Cooperstown, New York he was married to the Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta,^[2] with whom he has a daughter, Sarah.

Recordings

1999: En Concierto - Ainhoa Arteta and Dwayne Croft with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Castilla y Léon, Bragado Darman, cond. RTVE MUSICA 65126 - recorded live on August 9, 1999, at the Palacio de los Festivales in Cantabria, Spain^[3]

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My Met debut was General Rayevsky in War and Peace at 29 years old.

There were 52 soloists on stage, 346 people total, and I was given the option not to bow because there were so many people involved in the show. I never took it.

I bowed every night with the cast stretched out across the entire stage: I wanted to soak up as much as I could. Every night, I looked up at the Sputnik chandeliers and the iconic balconies with the world’s biggest smile. I felt so grateful to have made it to the Met.

The Metropolitan Opera receives a lot of criticism for its questionable artistic and financial decisions. Expectations are high from a demanding public and it’s easy to make judgments from the outside.

Many people don’t understand the experience of what it’s like to be in the center of the Met’s magical music-making. That’s why I’m here! To provide you with an insider’s perspective.

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