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BiographyTenor Craig Hanson is heard widely in recital, oratorio, musical theater, opera and contemporary music programs and has performed regularly throughout the New England area. In the traditional opera and musical theatre repertoire, Mr. Hanson has sung various leading roles, including Alfred in Strauss' Die Fledermaus with Cape Cod Opera, the Impresario in Mozart's Impresario, Albert in Britten's Albert Herring, and Little Bat in Floyd's Susannah with the Longwood Opera, King Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with The Rhode Island Philharmonic and Granite State Opera Company, Tinca in Puccini's Tabarro with Opera at Longy, Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance with Savoyard Light Opera, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Salisbury Lyric Opera and Grosvenor in Patience with MIT's Gilbert and Sullivan Players. While in Europe, he appeared on Italian national television performing with Opera Lirica a Orvieto in Porto Ercole in July of 1999. Mr. Hanson recently appeared for the first time with Richard Conrad's Bostonians as King Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors. |
An advocate of contemporary music and opera, Mr. Hanson has performed in several 20th/21st century works and has premiered many new roles. In 1995 he portrayed a townsperson in a workshop performance of Robert Aldridge's adaption of Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry with the Boston Lyric Opera. In January 1999 Mr. Hanson created the role of Denis Eady in the premiere recording of Douglas Allanbrook's opera Ethan Frome with Eliot House Opera, which is now available on compact disc. In February 2001 he was featured on Carols and Lullabies, a recording of Christmas music by Conrad Susa on the ARSIS label. In June of the same year, he created the role of David in The Measure of Love by Jeffrey Brody in the premiere performance with Longwood Opera winning critical acclaim for a "superior performance." In June 2003 he was a soloist in the world premiere of Daniel Pinkham's opera The Cask of Amontillado with Opera Unlimited, which is now available on compact disc. In the Fall of 2003 Mr. Hanson compiled and published the ECS Opera Aria Anthology, a new collection of contemporary arias by American composers from the E.C. Schirmer Opera catalogue. Originally from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Craig Hanson has a master's degree in music from the New England Conservatory, and a diploma in opera performance from the Longy School of Music where he served as a staff music theory tutor from 1997 to 1999. He is currently performance librarian at the Boston Conservatory of Music. |
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