Tenor Richard Crawley has distinguished himself as an exciting and innovative singing actor, delivering both declamatory power and elegant phrasing. Last summer he opened the Athens Summer Music Festival in Greece, performing the role of Don José in Carmen opposite Denyce Graves; his debut with the San Francisco Opera singing Cavaradossi in Tosca opposite Carol Vaness was a great success; and as a result, was immediately engaged to return to San Francisco Opera for Eugene Onegin, Le Grand Macabre, Dr. Atomic and Norma. Other recent engagements have included the Verdi Requiem with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with Toledo Opera, a debut with Hawaii Opera Theatre as Cavaradossi in Tosca, his first Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera with Opera Santa Barbara, and a critically acclaimed Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Chautauqua Opera as well as Dayton Opera. With less than 2 days' notice and after not performing the role for 5 years, he stepped into the title role of Faust at Portland Opera, and received standing ovations and stellar reviews. Future engagements include a concert of Italian favorites with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and a return to Hawaii Opera Theatre for Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut.

Career highlights include performances with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Atlanta Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Tulsa Opera, Opera Colorado, Lake George Opera, Greek National Opera, Syracuse Opera and Augusta Opera.

Also an accomplished orchestral soloist, Mr. Crawley has performed Handel's Messiah with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo Oratorio Society, as well as at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He has sung Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony; Mendelssohn's Paulus with the New Japan Philharmonic; the Evangelist/Tenor in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica; Haydn's Harmonie Messe with the Syracuse Symphony; Haydn's The Creation with Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Bach's B minor Mass with Handel Choir of Baltimore; the Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Concert Artists of Baltimore; and the Mozart Requiem with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and also at Carnegie Hall.

RICHARD CRAWLEY