“Samantha Crawford has the unconstricted soprano radiance perfect for Elisabeth and other Wagner roles,”
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Samantha Crawford Productions launched
Samantha is currently producing a new opera; Slave, on modern day slavery. The opera will be premiered in 2029 as a co-production with Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in partnership with Samantha Crawford Productions.
Critical acclaim as Regan in Tippett’s New Year
Samantha receives praise for her performances as Regan in Keith Warner’s production of Tippett’s New Year with Birmingham Opera Company. Described as ‘Outstandingly well sung,’ (Telegraph), ‘[Her] laser beam soprano soaring as Regan,’(Guardian) and ‘fizzing with authority, humour, strutting sexuality.’ (Edinburgh Music Review). The production was shortlisted for The Opera and Music Theatre Award at the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.
British Australian soprano Samantha Crawford is equally at home on the opera stage as she is on the concert platform, who has been praised for her ‘unconstricted soprano radiance,’ (Opera) and ‘crystalline tone and diction.’ (The Arts Desk).
Recent engagements
Other engagements include recording her second album, Freedom Cries Out, with Delphian Records in 2026, The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO, Verdi’s Requiem at Southwark Cathedral and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the CRSO.
“Expectations were high for what turned out to be a truly engaging evening of superb Wagner singing. Stuart Skelton was ably partnered by Samantha Crawford singing Sieglinde in the role of Siegmund… The singing was outstanding.”
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Watch and listen to Samantha on stage in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Puccini’s Tosca, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Janáček’s Jenůfa, the album trailer of dream.risk.sing: elevating women’s voices and highlights from new song programme Freedom Cries Out.