Richard Troxell’s beautiful lyric tenor voice has been heard on operatic and concert stages in the United States and around the world. His powerful stage presence and ability to connect with people have set him apart and made him a favorite with audiences of all ages. On film, he can be seen in the Sony Pictures release in the role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, a film that was widely acclaimed by music and film critics alike. The New York Times calls his portrayal “ the most dramatically satisfying vocal characterization” in the film.  Mr. Troxell can also be seen on a Decca Classics label DVD as Prunier in the celebrated Marta Domingo production of La Rondine (Washington Opera; TV PBS) as well as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac which Opera News hailed as “a fine production.”

Mr. Troxell’s latest engagements in 2008-2009 include Don José in Carmen for Opera Australia performed in Taipei, Taiwan, two engagements with Portland Opera, most recently as the Duke in Rigoletto and, earlier, as Alfredo in La Traviata. For Opera Lyra, he was Lenski in Eugene Onegin, and he reprised the title role in Zampa for Opéra Comique. Just prior, he was Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in a sold out début with Opéra de Montréal, and for, Opéra de Monte Carlo, he reprised the role of Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac in a début with Opéra de Monte Carlo. In Paris, he débuted the title role in Zampa under the baton of William Christie with Les Arts Florissants. Other recent engagements included the title role in Les Contes d’Hoffmann for Opera Narodowa in Warsaw, Poland and Don José in Carmen with the Portland Opera, as well as concert engagements with the Colorado Symphony and tenor soloist in the Pennsylvania Ballet’s production of Carmina Burana.

Mr. Troxell has sung leading roles with opera companies in the United States and abroad, including Los Angeles Opera (Pinkerton), Washington Opera (Roméo, Roméo et Juliette) New York City Opera (the Prince, The Love for Three Oranges, Nanki Poo, The Mikado), Houston Grand Opera (title role, The Tales of Hoffmann), Opera Company of Philadelphia (Piquillo, La Périchole. with Denyce Graves), Opera Pacific (title role, Candide), Boston Lyric Opera (title role, Faust,) Spoleto Festival USA (title role, L’île de Merlin). Internationally, he has also appeared with l’Opéra National de Montpellier, Vancouver Opera, New Israeli Opera, New Zealand Opera, Théâtre du Capitôle Toulouse and Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.

Equally at home on the concert stage, Mr.Troxell has been tenor soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, l’Orchestre de Paris, the Berlin Radio Symphony, and l’Orchestre de Monte Carlo among others as well as in performances at Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center) with the American Symphony Orchestra (title role, Der Zwerg), and in Bach’s Magnificat at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Mr. Troxell’s recording credits include the role of Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly on the Sony label, the role of Beppe in I pagliacci under the baton of Georges Prêtre, Marvin David Levy’s Masada with the Berlin Symphony Radio Orchestra, and a solo pops CD What a Wonderful World.

Richard Troxell hails from Thurmont, Maryland and presently lives in the countryside of Chester County, Pennsylvania with his wife Lisa Lovelace, a dancer/ choreographer, and their two sons Wilder and Shane.