Opera in Munich as Aida under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta. She also sang Amelia in Un ballo in maschera in Hamburg and at the Liceu in Barcelona, closing her season at the Arena di Verona as Aida. In July 2003, Crider was awarded the Young Alumni Award by the Alumni Association of the University of Iowa. 2004 In spring 2004, Crider celebrated an important role debut as Imogene in Bellini's Il pirata at the Vlaamse Opera. 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 Stadttheater Bremerhaven and Wiesbaden. In 2004/2005, 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 Amelia in Un ballo in maschera and Tosca at the Zurich Opera House. 2005–2006 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 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. Recordings Her recordings include Verdi's Requiem under Richard Hickox in 1996 (Chandos) and Sir Colin Davis in 1997, Aida, Beethoven's Ninth, and Leonora in Il trovatore. References External links Home page. Review in The New York Times from her 1997 Metropolitan Opera debut in Madama Butterfly. University of Iowa alumni American operatic sopranos Living people People from Quincy, Illinois Culver–Stockton College alumni 1959 births Singers from Illinois Classical musicians from Illinois 20th-century African-American women singers 20th-century American women opera singers African-American women opera singers 21st-century African-American women singers 21st-century American women opera singers