{{Short description|American opera singer}}
'''Craig Colclough''' is an internationally acclaimed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opernmagazin.de/tiroler-festspiele-erl-das-rheingold-eroeffnet-den-fassbaender-ring/|title = Opern Magazin Rheingold - Craig Colclough}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.redlands.edu/bulldog-blog/2019/september-2019/from-johnston-to-the-met/|title = Redlands Alumni Blog - Craig Colclough}}</ref> 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.
== Career == Colclough completed tenures as both a Florida Grand Opera Young Artist and Filene Young Artist at the Wolf Trap Opera Company in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.schmopera.com/scene/people/craig-colclough/|title=People: Craig Colclough|website=Schmopera}}</ref>
The title role in Giuseppe Verdi’s ''Macbeth (opera)'' has served as Colclough’s debut at the Metropolitan Opera,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/baritone-and-bass/craig-colclough/|title = Craig Colclough|website=Met Opera}}</ref> Lyric Opera of Chicago,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/19/22682860/macbeth-review-lyric-opera-chicago-verdi-craig-colclough-christian-van-horn-sondra-radvanovsky|title=Lyric’s harrowing ‘Macbeth’ casts a spell on crowds eager for opera again|work=Chicago Sun Times}}</ref> Bayerische Staatsoper and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/en/culture/macbeth-incredible-arias-and-plenty-of-blood-602d6c6dde135b9236b3270c|title=Macbeth: Incredible Arias and Plenty of Blood|work=The Luxembourg Times}}</ref>.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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-macbeth-lyric-opera-review-20210919-bwd6boy5qnazjpl432lwcq3una-story.html|title=A fine, spooky 'Macbeth' at Lyric Opera fights deliciously with our current recovery narrative|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
Throughout his career Colclough has appeared most often at the Los Angeles Opera. Notably<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indulgemagazine.com/2023/02/07/review-mozarts-the-marriage-of-figaro-is-a-lavish-treat|title=Le Nozze di Figaro is a Lavish Treat |work=Indulge Magazine}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/opera-tosca-at-the-london-coliseum-rnfkmp76l|title=Tosca at the London Coliseum|work=The Times}}</ref> Storyteller in ''A Flowering Tree'' with Opera Queensland Australia, Kurwenal in ''Tristan und Isolde'' at the English National Opera,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/arts/music/review-tristan-und-isolde-from-an-unsettled-english-national-opera.html|title=Review: Tristan und Isolde from an unsettled English National Opera|work=The New York Times}}</ref> the title role in ''Don Pasquale'' at the Minnesota Opera, Arizona Opera and Berkshire Opera Festival<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berkshireoperafestival.org/previous-seasons|title=Previous Seasons|work= Berkshire Opera Festival}}</ref> and ''Falstaff (opera)'' at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen directed by Christoph Waltz.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buehne-und-konzert/wie-christoph-waltz-verdis-oper-falstaff-inszeniert-15341336.html|title=Da sitzt ein Orchester im Baum|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dailygazette.com/2022/06/30/opera-review-colclough-carmello-superb-in-opera-saratogas-inventive-sweeney-todd/|title=Review: Colclough and Carmello Superb in Opera Saratoga’s Inventive Sweeney Todd|work=The Daily Gazette}}</ref>
== References == <references />
==External links== * [http://www.craigcolclough.com/] Craig Colclough's personal Website * [https://www.fletcherartists.com/craig-colclough] Craig Colclough's page on the Fletcher Artist Management Website
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