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Brad Cresswell is an American radio broadcaster and former opera singer who is currently based at WGTE-FM in Toledo, Ohio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brad Cresswell )〕 He is also the creator and host of ''Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green'', a radio series sponsored by Bowling Green State University and syndicated internationally by The WFMT Radio Network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green )〕 Since 2012 he has hosted the popular Opera Quiz intermission feature heard during the international Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WGTE's Brad Cresswell returns to the Metropolitan Opera Quiz )〕 ==Early life and opera career== Born in Chicago, Cresswell grew up in Moline, Illinois, where he sang in the Moline Boys Choir. His interest in music continued through high school, where he learned to play several instruments and also began composing. Cresswell subsequently attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa; the St. Louis Conservatory and School for the Arts, and Boston's New England Conservatory of Music. Cresswell made his professional debut in Richard Strauss's opera ''Elektra'' with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance which was later released on Philips Records.〔 He also performs the tenor solos in what The Penguin Record Guide calls a "unique recording" of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under Benjamin Zander. The recording purports to use Beethoven's original tempo markings, which differ markedly from those normally heard in modern performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zander's Beethoven Ninth Symphony )〕 Cresswell sang several premieres for both Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Santa Fe Opera, including Judith Weir's ''The Vanishing Bridegroom'' and ''Blond Eckbert''. He also created the role of the poet John Lorimond in David Carlson's ''The Midnight Angel'', to a libretto and original story by author Peter S. Beagle, which was commissioned by Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Glimmerglass Opera, and Sacramento Opera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=North American Works Directory )〕 For Chicago Lyric Opera, Cresswell created a role in Anthony Davis' opera ''Amistad'', based on the 1839 slave revolt aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. Cresswell appears in the original cast recording of ''Amistad'' under conductor Dennis Russell Davies on New World Records. Throughout the 1990s Cresswell performed regularly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cast Lists - 1990 through 1999 )〕 During this time, he also made important debuts with the New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera, and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Cresswell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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