This prize directly led to her engagement as Leonora in Il trovatore in Dortmund and to her participation in the International Grand Prix, which she then won.

Her Repertoire includes the roles of Leonora in IL TROVATORE and LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Amelia in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Elvira in ERNANI, Elisabeth in DON CARLO, die title roles in LUISA MILLER, AIDA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, TOSCA, NORMA, MANON LESCAUT, LA GIOCONDA, Odabella in ATTILA, Lucrezia in I DUE FOSCARI, Giselda in I LOMBARDI, Imogene in IL PIRATA, Margherita/Elena in MEFISTOFELE, Santuzza in CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and Desdemona in OTELLO.

Since 1991 Ms. Crider has been heard regularly in the world’s great opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Convent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera in New York, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, the Staatsoper Berlin, the State Opera Houses in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, the Teatro alla Scala in Milano, the Arena di Verona, Rome, Bastille in Paris, Zurich, Liceu in Barcelona and Madrid. She made her American debut in a new production of Aida in 1996 at the San Diego Opera! Ms. Crider has enjoyed a successful concert career. She has appeared at the Salzburg Festival, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, in Orange, Ravenna and Edinburgh, at the Royal Albert Hall London, Carnegie Hall, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Savonlinna, the Salle Pleyel and Barbican Hall in London with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. She collaborates with today’s greatest conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Nello Santi, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Semyon Bychkov, Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Chailly and Sir Colin Davis.

Upcoming performances include the return to the German Opera Berlin and to the Vienna State Opera- TOSCA! Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto- Opera Gala, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra- concerts, National Theater Mannheim- TOSCA, Israeli Opera- Ernani / Elvira, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra- Verdi Requiem, Barcelona Liceu- Opera Gala, Millstätter Summer Festival- opening concert, Göttweig and at the Domplatz in Linz- Open air concerts with “Elina Garanca and Friends”, Mexico City-Mineria Mahler Festival Mahler's 8th Symphony!

In September 2009 the artist sang the first time Britten’s WAR REQUIEM with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jeffrey Tate! It was followed by an AIDA-Japan tour with the Prague State Opera. Guest performances at the Vienna State Opera-LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto-VERDI REQUIEM and the much acclaimed role and house debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow Otello / Desdemona on the occasion of the Rostropovich Music Festival, followed! The season 2009 / 2010 ended with a further, very successful guest appearance at the Classic Openair Solothurn- IL TROVATOTE, TOSCA, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO!

At the opening of the 2008-2009 season, Ms. Michèle Crider performed as MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Los Angeles Opera, under the baton to Maestro James Conlon! Other guest appearances included the return to the Hamburg State Opera- UN BALLO IN MASCHERA/ Amelia, ATTILA/Odabella- as well as the return to the Vienna State Opera- TOSCA and the Israeli Opera -MEFISTOFELE/Magherita and TOSCA. It was followed by the house debut at the Budapest State Opera- TOSCA. Another highly acclaimed role debut followed at the Classic Openair Solothurn- MANON LESCAUT.

The soprano was in the 2007-2008 season at the Aalto Theatre in Essen as NORMA, Vienna State Opera-Tosca, Metropolitan Opera New York-Amelia in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, in Budapest, Leonora in LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, National Theater Mannheim-Leonora in LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Fundacao Calouste Gulbikian in Lisbon VERDI REQUIEM with the Hamburg Symphony, Homage to Maria Callas, house debut at the Opera on the Rhine as Amelia in the UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, where Mrs. Crider her very successful debut as Gioconda gave. At the Classic Openair Solothurn performed Ms. Crider the Amelia in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA and there followed another role debut in DON CARLO Elizabeth!

The artist was in the 2006-2007 season at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Vienna State Opera as Tosca, in Tel Aviv as Leonora in "Il Trovatore" at the Aalto Theatre in Essen and Lecce as AIDA, at the Hamburg State Opera as Amelia in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA and with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Verdi's MESSA DA REQUIEM to see and to hear.

Her performances in the 2005-2006 season included Tosca for the State Opera in Berlin and the Vienna State Opera, her return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Aida, to the Opera House in Zurich as Tosca and to the Stadttheater St. Gallen as Norma. In February and March of 2006 she returned to the Hamburg State Opera as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, followed by Aida and Un ballo in maschera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and as Madama Butterfly for the Berlin State Opera. In April 2006 she returned to the Israeli Opera as Amelia in a new production of Un ballo in maschera.

In 2004-2005 Ms. Crider sang her signature role of Aida at the Staatsoper Berlin, followed by house debuts at La Monnaie in Brussels, the Los Angeles Opera, the Semperoper Dresden, and at the Savonlinna Festival. Further highlights of the season were performances as Tosca at the Vienna State Opera and both Amelia in Un ballo in maschera and Tosca at the Zurich Opera House.

In October 2003 Ms. Crider made her role debut as Tosca under the musical direction of Nello Santi at the Zurich Opera, followed by appearances as Norma in the Aalto Theatre in Essen. In January 2004 she returned to Zurich for more performances of Tosca, then moved on to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as Aida under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta. In spring 2004 Michèle Crider celebrated an important role debut as Imogene in Bellini’s Il pirata at the Vlaamse Opera House. Other highlights of the season were her Carnegie Hall debut in March 2004 in Un ballo in maschera, her return to the Vienna State Opera House as Aida, and gala concerts in the German cities of Bremerhaven and Wiesbaden.

During the season 2002-2003 Michèle Crider was first heard as Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, followed by a highly successful house and role debut as Santuzza in a new production of Cavalleria rusticana in Trieste. She also sang Amelia in Un ballo in maschera in Hamburg and at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, closing her season at the Arena di Verona as Aida. In July 2003 Miss Crider was awarded the Young Alumni Award by the Alumni Association of the University of Iowa.
In 2001-2002 other new productions and house debuts took place in Oviedo as Elvira in Ernani, and as Aida in Genoa and Catania, after which she returned to the Arena di Verona for the same role. Her season highlight was her critically acclaimed role debut as Norma at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp.

Ms. Crider opened the season 2000-2001 in October with Il trovatore at the Opera House in Zurich. In December 2000 she made her Teatro Real debut in Madrid, where she sang Leonora in a new production of Verdi's Il trovatore under the musical direction of Garcia Navarro. Between January and April 2001 Ms. Crider returned to the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, followed by performances of the same role at the Vienna State Opera, where she also performed the role of Leonora in Il trovatore. In June 2001 she sang Aida at the San Francisco Opera House, where she was given the San Francisco Opera Award of Merit. In the summer of 2001 she debuted in Cagliari in a new production of Aida.

In July 1999 Ms. Crider participated in a new production of Un ballo in maschera at the Opera House in Zurich under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi. In November of the same year she sang Aida at the Teatro Communale in Florence. In the following two months she performed Odabella in a new production of Attila in Geneva and in February and March she returned to the Metropolitan Opera in New York for Madama Butterfly, followed by Amelia in Un ballo in maschera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and a new production of Aida for her debut in Amsterdam under the musical direction of Riccardo Chailly. She closed this season with a new production of Aida at the opera festival in Macerata in July 2000.
During the 1997-1998 season Ms. Crider sang in a new production of Aida at the Dresden Semperoper. Three more opera house debuts took place in 1998: in July she sang in Un ballo in maschera in the Arena di Verona under the conductor Daniel Oren, followed in September by Madama Butterfly at the Bastille Opera in Paris and finally Aida at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. The year 1998 came to an end with her return to the Vienna State Opera in December where she sang the role of Elvira in a new production of Ernani under the musical direction of Seiji Ozawa. In February 1999 she gained critical praise for her interpretation of Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

In 1997 Ms. Crider debuted at the BBC Promenade concerts under Sir Colin Davis with Verdi’s Messa da requiem, followed by her first appearance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. She was also invited to the Edinburgh Festival to sing Mahler's Second Symphony conducted by Mariss Janson. In the same year she made her Japan debut in Tokyo with Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of James Levine.

Ms. Crider has recorded Amelia in Un ballo in maschera for Teldec under Carlo Rizzi, Elena and Margherita in Mefistofele under the baton of Riccardo Muti for BMG Classics, Verdi's Requiem under Richard Hickox with the London Symphony Orchestra for Chandos Records and the role of Gerhilde in Die Walküre on Decca under Christoph von Dohnanyi.

October 2010