DWAYNE CROFT was born in Cooperstown, New York.
During the 1999-2000 season, Dwayne Croft appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Nick Carraway in the world premiere of John Harbison's The Great Gatsby, as well as Silvio in Pagliacci, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande.
Reviewing the Met's Great Gatsby in the February 2000 issue of Opera, Martin Bernheimer wrote: "Dwayne Croft exulted in expressive suavity, baritonal opulence and erotic suppression as Nick Carraway, the dispassionate yet sympathetic observer of the action. Too bad he couldn't have sung Gatsby."
According to the program notes at the Metropolitan Opera for the 1999-2000 season, Mr. Croft has appeared at the Met in more than 200 performances of twenty-one roles.
During the 2002-2003 season at the Metropolitan Opera, Dwayne Croft is scheduled to appear in performances of Bellini's Il Pirata and Berlioz' Les Troyens.
According to the Associated Press review of Bellini's Il Pirata at the Met, Renee Fleming "had only mixed success," while Marcello Giordani and Dwayne Croft were "superb."
Dwayne Croft is scheduled to sing Giorgio Germont in La Traviata in Houston on April 17, 2003, in a performance in which Renée Fleming will sing her first Violetta, reports an Associated Press article.
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"As the roguish lover [Don Giovanni] who compulsively racks up his conquests . . ., Dwayne Croft has honed his charismatic portrayal to perfection. Tall and graceful, Croft's Don cuts an elegant and aristocratic figure, and is such a magnetic presence that one can see why the betrayed Elvira is helpless to resist him. Croft brought the Don to full and vital life, whether pursuing his conquests, tricking Leporello or remaining defiant to the very end. Vocally, the baritone's rich, burnished timbre and firmly focused singing was an unalloyed pleasure, from his limpid Serenade to a sensual La ci darem la mano."--from a review by Lawrence A. Johnson, posted December 8, 2002, at sun-sentinel.com of a performance by Palm Beach Opera.