These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Aaron Crouch.

Originally from Bowie, Maryland, American tenor Aaron Crouch is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. He began his 2024/25 season with a return to Opera Philadelphia for the American premiere of The Listeners by Missy Mazzoli. In concert, he debuts with the Sante Fe Symphony as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah. He will join Lyric Fest for The Soul of the City as well as Brooklyn Art Song Society for their New Voices Festival.

During the 2023/24 season, Crouch made his house debut as Count Almaviva in Virginia Opera’s production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. On the concert stage, he joined Morris Robinson for the second iteration of Morris & Friends: An Evening of Opera & Gospel at Washington Adventist University. He also sang as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah with New West Symphony.

Crouch made his New York City recital debut with Opera Index and debuted at Carnegie Hall with the Cecilia Chorus of New York. Past seasons have included the title role in Bernstein’s Candide with the May Festival in Cincinnati, Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with Tri-Cities Opera, and The Son in Jeanine Tesori’s Blue with Pittsburgh Opera. He was featured in Joyce DiDonato’s Master Class series at Carnegie Hall, which streamed on Medici.tv, and is the founder of Utopia Arts. He also has a YouTube channel, where he performs repertoire traditionally sung by different voice types.

In 2022, Crouch received second prize at The Cooper-Bing Vocal Competition in Ohio. He was chosen as one of nine finalists for the Houston Grand Opera’s 2021 Concert of Arias, the 33rd Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, and in 2020 he was a winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the Michigan District. A Gold Medalist at The YoungArts Foundation Awards in 2017, he also won an Emerging Artist Award from the Opera Index Vocal Competition in 2019.