Lawrence Craig

Internationally acclaimed baritone, Lawrence Craig, is known for his “virtuosic talent” in opera, concert and recital. Most notably, he has appeared as Escamillo in Carmen, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Ford in Falstaff and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. Recent appearances include Henry Davis in Street Scene with L’Opéra de Toulon, Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess with the Virginia Opera and the Buck Hill-Skytop Music Festival, Iago in Othello (concert) with the Music Division of Martin University, the American premiere of Kurt Weill’s Die Bürgschaft with the Spoleto Festival USA (recorded for EMI Classics), Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic, Mozart's Missa solemnis at Lincoln Center, Ray's Gospel Mass at Carnegie Hall, opera and jazz concerts for the Mozambique International Music Festival, Music Sharing from New York in Japan and he marked his Broadway debut in Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème On Broadway. Performing in the NYC concert to honor President Barak Obama’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize was a season highlight. A veteran of jazz, classical, Broadway and modern music performances, his most unusual role was as both stage director and the character Sportin’ Life in the Albanian National Opera’s recent triumphant production of Porgy and Bess.