Richard Croft (tenor)

Richard Croft (born February 1954) is an American lyric tenor who has had a career in operas and concerts for more than 40 years. He made his debut at the Santa Fe Opera in 1978 while in that company's apprentice artist program. He began his opera career in the United States in performances of the major roles of Mozart and Rossini, before being invited on the leading international stages. He won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1984, and later made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera ("Met") in 1991 as Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He has continued to perform periodically at the Met, most recently as Solomon Kavalier in Mason Bates's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay in 2025-2026. He maintains an international career in theaters while teaching on the voice faculty of the University of North Texas College of Music. He has performed at major opera houses like La Scala, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and the San Francisco Opera.