Will Crutchfield (born 1957) is an American conductor, musicologist, and vocal coach. He is the founding Artistic and General Director of Teatro Nuovo, a company that presented its inaugural season in the summer of 2018 at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall as the successor to the twenty years of opera at the Caramoor International Music Festival led by Crutchfield.[1][2] He also has been a frequent guest conductor at the Polish National Opera and has led opera performances at the Canadian Opera Company, Washington National Opera, and Minnesota Opera. From 1999 through 2005, he served as Music Director of the Opera de Colombia in Bogotá. He was recently named one of Musical America's 2017 "Movers and Shapers," the publication's list of the top 30 industry professionals of the year. [1]
- ^ TeatroNuovo/Unison Media (15 May 2017). "Will Crutchfield announces Teatro Nuovo, a new Bel Canto opera program to debut in July 2018". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (7 July 2017). "At Caramoor, an Operatic Milestone That's Both Farewell and Beginning". New York Times.