Craig Colclough

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Craig Colclough is an internationally acclaimed [1] American operatic bass-baritone. Initially trained as a cellist, Colclough started acting in musical theater and comedic improv in high school. Colclough attended the Johnston Center [2] at the University of Redlands, in Redlands, California, where he earned an integrative liberal arts degree followed by a Masters of Music through the University of Redlands Conservatory of Music. Colclough began his career at the Los Angeles Opera.

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Career

Colclough completed tenures as both a Florida Grand Opera Young Artist and Filene Young Artist at the Wolf Trap Opera Company in 2013. [3]

The title role in Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (opera) has served as Colclough’s debut at the Metropolitan Opera, [4] Lyric Opera of Chicago, [5] Bayerische Staatsoper and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg [6] .Colclough’s Macbeth at the Lyric Opera of Chicago was the company's first production following an 18-month hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

Throughout his career Colclough has appeared most often at the Los Angeles Opera. Notably [8] as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and Peter in Hansel and Gretel (opera) .

Additional significant appearances include Telramund in Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Royal Opera House Covent Gardens, Scarpia in Tosca with the Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera, [9] Storyteller in A Flowering Tree with Opera Queensland Australia, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde at the English National Opera, [10] the title role in Don Pasquale at the Minnesota Opera, Arizona Opera and Berkshire Opera Festival [11] and Falstaff (opera) at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen directed by Christoph Waltz. [12]

Colclough's European debut was with the English National Opera as Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West in 2014–2015.

Musical theatre credits include Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music at the Riverside Light Opera as well as the title character in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at Opera Saratoga starring alongside Carolee Carmello. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Opern Magazin Rheingold - Craig Colclough".
  2. ↑ "Redlands Alumni Blog - Craig Colclough".
  3. ↑ "People: Craig Colclough". Schmopera.
  4. ↑ "Craig Colclough". Met Opera.
  5. ↑ "Lyric's harrowing 'Macbeth' casts a spell on crowds eager for opera again". Chicago Sun Times.
  6. ↑ "Macbeth: Incredible Arias and Plenty of Blood". The Luxembourg Times.
  7. ↑ "A fine, spooky 'Macbeth' at Lyric Opera fights deliciously with our current recovery narrative". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ↑ "Le Nozze di Figaro is a Lavish Treat". Indulge Magazine.
  9. ↑ "Tosca at the London Coliseum". The Times.
  10. ↑ "Review: Tristan und Isolde from an unsettled English National Opera". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Previous Seasons". Berkshire Opera Festival.
  12. ↑ "Da sitzt ein Orchester im Baum". Frankfurter Allgemeine.
  13. ↑ "Review: Colclough and Carmello Superb in Opera Saratoga's Inventive Sweeney Todd". The Daily Gazette.
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