Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...
.
He won the
Richard Tucker Award in 1996.
He created the role of Nick Carraway in
John Harbison
John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938) is an American composer, known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works.
Life
John Harris Harbison was born on December 20, 1938, in Orange, New Jersey, to the historian Elmore Harris Harb ...
's ''
The Great Gatsby
''The Great Gatsby'' is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsb ...
'' in 1999, that of Jaufré Rudel in
Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble I ...
's ''
L'amour de loin
' (''Love from Afar'') is an opera in five acts with music by Kaija Saariaho and a French-language libretto by Amin Maalouf. The opera received its world premiere performance on 15 August 2000 at the Salzburg Festival.
Saariaho, living in Paris ...
'' in 2000, and that of Robert E. Lee in
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive ...
's ''
Appomattox''.
His brother,
Richard Croft, is also an opera singer of international renown.
A native of
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the ...
he was married to the Spanish soprano
Ainhoa Arteta
Ainhoa Arteta Ibarrolaburu, better known as Ainhoa Arteta (born 24 September 1964 at Tolosa, Basque province of Gipuzkoa), is a Spanish soprano.
Personal life and training
Her father, José Ramón Arteta, was founder and director of the C ...
, 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
Videography
* ''
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991
''The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991'' was a four-hour concert staged by the Metropolitan Opera on 23 September 1991 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its opening night in its second home at Lincoln Center. It was televised by Cablevision, and i ...
''. Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4582
* ''
James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala'' (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09
Notes
External links
Full biography at IMG Artists website
American operatic baritones
Living people
Richard Tucker Award winners
20th-century American male opera singers
21st-century American male opera singers
People from Cooperstown, New York
Singers from New York (state)
Classical musicians from New York (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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