RICHARD TROXELL

Richard Troxell’s beautiful lyric tenor voice has thrilled audiences at opera houses and concert halls around the world, among them Los Angeles Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Sydney Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro Petruzelli, L’Opéra Comique in Paris, Monte Carlo, and Toulouse. Mr. Troxell’s star turn as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton in Frederic Mitterand’s critically acclaimed film Madame Butterfly, received high praise from both film and music critics alike following its Paris and New York premieres. The New York Times called his performance “the most dramatically satisfying vocal characterization” in the film.

His most recent engagements included the premiere of The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Danilo in the Merry Widow with Charlottesville Opera, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, the world-premieres of Lavinia & Anna Komnene at Lincoln Center, the world premiere of William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight with Minnesota Opera, Danilo for Musica Viva Hong Kong, Graf in Die Tote Stadt and the Judge in Das Wunder der Helaine for the Bard Festival, Dan Leo in Elizabeth Cree for Chicago Opera Theatre, and the Governor in Candide for Santa Fe Opera. This season Richard joins the Metropolitan Opera for their production of The Hours.

His Metropolitan Opera debut was Borsa in Rigoletto. He has joined the MET for Lulu, Exterminating Angel, Otello and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Richard has made frequent guest appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.