Richard Stilwell (bass-baritone)

Richard Stilwell III is an American operatic and concert baritone.
After graduating from Indiana University in 1966, Stilwell joined the United States Army Chorus in Washington He appeared as a soloist with the Chorus singing the tribute: "One Small Step" in a national telecast with the returning astronauts of Apollo 11 and President Richard Nixon. He also appeared with the American Light Opera Company.
Stilwell sang Billy Budd in the premiere of Britten's Billy Budd at the Metropolitan Opera, directed by John Dexter, and The Lodger in the premier of Dominick Argento's The Aspern Papers alongside Frederica Von Stade and Elisabeth Söderström. He appears alongside Frederica von Stade in the landmark recording of Pelléas et Mélisande under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, and as the voice of Count Almaviva and Don Giovanni in the 1984 film, Amadeus.
On DVD, Stilwell can be seen in Götz Friedrich's film of Falstaff, La bohème from the Met, and Robert Wilson's production of Madama Butterfly.
After serving for 16 years as artist-faculty at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, Stilwell is now retired.