Baritone Corey Crider is an alumnus of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and recently returned to the company as Malatesta in Don Pasquale. Additional recent highlights include memorable roles as Marcello in La bohème with the Munich Philharmonic and Arizona Opera, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Dayton Opera, and Escamillo in Carmen for Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The 2018/2019 Season saw his appearance the Captain in Florencia en el Amazonas with Pensacola Opera, Germont in La traviata with Opera on the James, and Lancelot in Camelot with Charlottesville Opera. His 2019/2020 season included returns to Opera Roanoke as Tonio in Pagliacci and The Dallas Opera as Prince Affron in The Golden Cockerel.