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Tenor Richard Croft, professor of music, sang the lead
role of Gandhi in the New York Metropolitan
Opera's Satyagraba, a co-production with the English
National Opera. The -i980 opera by Philip Glass,
inspired by the formative years of Mahatma Gandhi
in South Africa, opened April +1 in its Met premiere.
Croft, a Grammy-nominated singer, has performed
to critical acclaim with leading opera companies
and orchestras around the world. After he sang the
lead role in the Salzburg Festival's production of
} aydn's opera Armida last summer, the publication
',Sall,zbwer Nacbricbten noted that he "again demon
str atdc that he is in a league of his own.
The role of Gandhi in Satyagraha marked Professor Richard
Croft's return to the Metropolitan Opera. He also performed in
the Met's productions of Cosi fan tutte, Die Entfthrung aus
dem Serail and Barbiere di Siviglia.
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