In Review: Griffin and Bryan in Wolf Trap double bill
"The real highlight, however, was bass-baritone Calvin Griffin as Death. With a controlled and resonant vibrato, Griffin was a...
Kudos for Levi Hernandez, Calvin Griffin, and Rehanna Thelwell from Opera News
In Review of Opera Theatre or St Louis' Gianni Schicchi, New Works Bold Voices Lab, & Highway 1, USA "Levi Hernandez took a sober...
In Review: Biller and Griffin in Florentine Opera's "Le nozze di Figaro"
"As Figaro, bass-baritone Calvin Griffin delivered a performance that could have been on any opera stage in the world. He sang with a...
In Review: Griffin and Yankovskaya excel in Wolf Trap Opera Barber of Seville
"Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya kept the orchestra and cast moving at a good clip. In the arias, she gave each singer leeway to punctuate...
In Review: Anderson and Griffin shine in Opera Birmingham's "Tragedy of Carmen"
"three redeeming features make this production worthwhile. . . Second is the cast. . . Portraying a voluptuous Carmen, contralto Alissa...
In Review: Abreu and Griffin in FGO's "Before Night Falls"
“The young American bass-baritone Calvin Griffin, as Arenas’s nemesis Victor, also turned in a terrific performance. He has a big,...
In Review: Calvin Griffin as Escamillo in Florida Grand Opera's "Carmen"
"Calvin Griffin . . . bringing a darkly lustrous voice to the toreador’s final duet with Carmen" -South Florida Classical Review Read...
Griffin brings his "smooth dark voice" to Arizona Opera's "Florencia en el Amazon
"It was the ship’s Captain who led all these passengers on their trip into the life-changing mysteries of the river. Lyric bass baritone...