Ross Crolius

Ross Crolius, Bass, retired from the Metropolitan Opera after spending 25 years with the company as a full-time chorister and comprimario soloist. During that time, he performed over 180 performances each season in operas ranging from Handel to Philip Glass, singing in six languages. In addition to the demands of his rigorous Met schedule, Mr. Crolius founded and managed a male vocal quartet, Songfellows, which performed regularly in the NYC area.

Mr. Crolius’ prior musical background includes two seasons with the Gregg Smith Singers, a three-year enlistment in the Soldiers Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, and degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Eastman School of Music. Since retiring from the Met, Ross has focused on voice teaching and lecturing about opera, currently with Midcoast Senior College.
Mr. Crolius and his wife Nancy, also a former Met Opera chorister, moved to Maine.in the summer of 2018.