It has been a two year journey writing and recording my opera "The Great God Pan." The original novella is something that has stuck with me for decades, and now I am excited to share with all of you a story of horror, gender, and morality.
While it will not be released until August 11th, you can now pre-order the album and immediately get Sarah Thompson Johansen's performance of Helen's aria, "Gethsemane." So what are you waiting for?! Go get a copy on iTunes NOW!
Ross' new vocal works album will begin recording over the Winter 2017 - Spring 2018 season, and he is looking for a fitting Mezzo-Soprano or Zwischen voice to record his award-winning and critically-acclaimed song cycle "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose." The collection will be released on the Navona Records/Naxos of America label.
From Ross himself: "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose" is a comedic (sometimes sardonic and disturbing) song cycle I composed for a theatrical…
Read moreRoss' comedic song cycle "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose" was nominated for Best Original Composition in the Austin Critics Table Awards. Julia Di Fiore, who performed it as part of One Ounce Opera's Freshly Squeezed Ounce of Art Song, was also nominated for Best Classical Singer! Congrats to everyone nominated!!!
You can read more about it HERE!
Lost Daughters, an operatic new work commissioned for The Mozart Players by graduating Oberlin Conservatory conductor, John Paul Jennings, and written by celebrated composer, Ross Crean (www.rosscrean.com), is premiering at Oberlin’s Warner Concert Hall on May 7, 2017 at 8:00pm. For ticket information, visit https://www.facebook.com/oberlinmozartplayers. To support this world premiere student-produced opera, go to https://www.gofundme.com/lostdaughtersopera to help defray production costs.
“Lost…
Read moreI am so incredibly excited that mezzo-soprano Maayan Voss de Bettancourt will be premiering my song cycle "Metaphysisch" at the OperaRox New Works Concert as part of the New York Opera Fest! The cycle utilizes three poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. Maayan is a true talent, and I cannot wait to see her bring this to life!
June 23, 2017 at 7pm
Opera America
Rehearsal Hall
330 7th Ave, New York, NY
For further information, just read more about OperaRox's New Works Concert!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!
The world premiere of Ross' monodrama "For Atticus, the Moonlight's Lover" will take place in Chicago on January 15, 2017! The monodrama is an artistic response to his time in Moscow, and to Putin's anti-LGBTQ laws.
"For Atticus..." will be performed by mezzo-soprano Erin Moll, cellist Aaron Gottl, and pianist John Cockerill. All proceeds will go to the ACLU!
Chicago Social Justice Concert
(All proceeds go to the ACLU)
Sunday January 15, 2017 at 7pm
Unity Lutheran Church
1212 W…
Ross' comedic song cycle, "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose", is a winning submission of One Ounce Opera's "Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song", which will have its performance on November 18th, 2017 at the Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Mezzo-Soprano Julia Di Fiore and Pianist Nikki Birdsong will be performing. For more information, and to read Ms. Di Fiore's interview with Ross about his work, go HERE!
Classic Concerts NS recently reviewed the Halifax performance of Crossing Borders: Realities Blurred, featuring soprano Maureen Batt and pianist Cheryl Duvall. I was very excited to see a fun and favorable review of the duo's performance of my comedic song cycle, "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose".
"On the second half there was another really cool dress – dare I say with “bat” wings attached to the hem – topped with a big retro gleaming necklace. Classy! It worked well with the Nursery…
Read moreI was lucky to have soprano Sarah Thompson Johansen and pianist Stephen Uhl perform my extended art song/monodrama "Chicago and December" this last Friday, May 27th, 2017. It was recorded in Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I was also blessed to get permission and support from the wonderful poet W. S. Di Piero in using his poem for the text of this work. You can take a listen HERE!!!
I am excited to announce that I have signed with PARMA Recordings/Navona Records and Naxos America in bringing my opera "The Great God Pan" to recording in Summer of 2017!
So excited to be a new member of the PARMA family! Read more about it HERE!
"The Great God Pan” is a story that leads us between two worlds, the material and the supernatural. It is a story where the horror lies not in the open for us to see, but in what our minds create from the unseen.
"The female characters have no voice in Machen’s…
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