Richard Crawley
Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist
Equally at home on stage, in the concert hall, or performing chamber music in a more intimate setting — baritone Richard Crawley captivates audiences with his passionate singing and nuanced dramatic presence. He has appeared as soloist in opera, musical theater & as featured soloist with symphony orchestras all over the world. International stage credits include Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, State Opera of South Australia, Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, Opéra de Québec and the Greek National Opera. Stage credits in the United States include the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Atlanta Opera, Portland Opera and Boston Lyric Opera.
As an orchestral soloist Richard has performed with the Tokyo Oratorio Society, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Symphony, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Greater Bridgeport Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, Syracuse Symphony, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall with the Masterworks Chorale, as well as appearances in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
Richard is currently Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at the University of Central Florida School of Performing Arts in Orlando, as well as being the faculty music director for Theatre UCF. Prior to joining UCF, he served on the faculties of the Department of Drama at Syracuse University, the Setnor School of Music, Loyola College in Baltimore, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska, and Binghamton University. Richard is passionate about education, particularly cross training the voice, from musical theatre to classical repertoire, and CCM styles including pop, rock and jazz. (Photo: JCStuartPhoto)