“Samantha Crawford has the unconstricted soprano radiance perfect for Elisabeth and other Wagner roles,”
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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)
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 releasing album dream.risk.sing on Delphian Records, The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO and Verdi’s Requiem at Southwark Cathedral.
“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 Wagner’s Die Walküre, Puccini’s Tosca, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Janáček’s Jenůfa, the album trailer of dream.risk.sing: elevating women’s voices, trailer for new song programme Freedom Cries Out and audio from Wagner’s Tannhäuser and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana.