American bass-baritone David Crawford has been hailed as a “standout” by The New York Times and celebrated for his “thunderous bass-baritone” by New York Classical Review. Last season included an Opera Outdoors concert with Opera Omaha as well as postponed or cancelled performances with The Atlanta Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia and productions of Les contes d’Hoffmann and Billy Budd with The Metropolitan Opera. The 2021- 2022 season sees him as Achilla in Giulio Cesare and Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with The Atlanta Opera, Monterone in Rigoletto with Nashville Opera, a return to The Metropolitan Opera for Turandot, and Zuniga in Carmen with Santa Fe Opera. Since making his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 2007 as The Warrior Apparition in Macbeth, Mr. Crawford has taken part in over three hundred performances and covered roles in over two hundred performances with the company. In the 2017-2018 season, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Les contes d'Hoffmann and in the 2016-2017 season, he appeared in over 50 performances in 7 different operas, highlights of which included Paris in the new production of Roméo et Juliette, the Sergeant in Manon Lescaut, Lord Walton in I puritani, and the Captain in Eugene Onegin. In the 2015-2016 season, he appeared as Rochefort in Anna Bolena, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, a Mandarin in Turandot, and the Commissioner in Madama Butterfly. Previous season highlights with the Met include Hermann/Schlemiel in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Count Horn in Un ballo in maschera, Schmidt in Andrea Chénier, Hector’s Ghost in Les Troyens, the High Priest of Baal in Nabucco, Happy in La fanciulla del West, Astarotte in Armida, the Wigmaker in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Angelotti and the Jailer in Tosca. While his assignments with The Metropolitan Opera have kept him incredibly busy, Mr. Crawford has been committed to exploring other opportunities as much as possible. That has led to appearances as Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Knoxville Opera, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Boston Lyric Opera, Capulet in Roméo et Juliette and Zuniga in Carmen with The Atlanta Opera, Betto in Gianni Schicchi with the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera in Japan, Banquo in Macbeth and William Jennings Bryan in The Ballad of Baby Doe with Chautauqua Opera, Caspar in Der Freischutz with Des Moines Metro Opera, the King in Transformations with Wexford Festival Opera, and Monterone in Rigoletto with Florida Grand Opera. A native of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, Mr. Crawford received a Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of Music from Boston University. He has participated in Young Artists Programs with Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and Sarasota Opera, where he was the recipient of the 2007 Bradenton Opera Guild Award.