About Me
Omar has appeared as a soloist on both the operatic and concert stage in venues throughout the world. Most recently, Mr. Crook sang the role of Count Almaviva in Opera San Jose’s production of The Barber of Seville, the West Coast premier of des Grieux in Auber’s Manon Lescaut, and Mozart’s Requiem in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. In 2006, Mr. Crook originated the role of Fervio in the world premier of Eric Whitacre’s Paradise Lost, and has performed many leading operatic roles, including don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in The Elixir of Love, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Albert in Albert Herring, in rare operas such as Donizetti’s Rita, and the only opera written by Enrique Granados, Goyescas. A frequent performer on the concert stage, he has appeared as a soloist with such ensembles as The Boston Pops, Pacific Chorale, John Alexander Singers, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, under the batons of John Mauceri, Keith Lockhart, and John Alexander. A Southern California native, Mr. Crook received his formal training at California State University at Fullerton.
