Richard Troxell is an American operatic tenor who has sung leading roles in the opera houses of North America, Europe, and Asia since his professional debut in 1993.

His signature roles include Lt. Pinkerton, which he sang in Frédéric Mitterrand's 1995 film Madame Butterfly presented by Martin Scorsese, and Don José in Carmen which he has sung at the Sydney Opera House, the Teatro Petruzzelli in Italy, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

[1] He graduated from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia in 1992 and made his professional debut in 1993 as Alfredo in La traviata with Cleveland Opera.

His filmography also includes Cyrano de Bergerac (as Christian with Roberto Alagna in the title role), filmed at the Opéra national de Montpellier in 2003 and released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon; and La rondine (as Prunier with Ainhoa Arteta in the title role), filmed at Washington Opera in 1998, broadcast on PBS and later released on DVD by Decca.

[10] He has also appeared in leading tenor roles in relative rarities such as Gounod's La colombe with Opéra Français de New York (1997),[11] Offenbach's La Périchole with the Opera Company of Philadelphia (2002),[12] Gluck's L'île de Merlin in its US premiere at the Spoleto Festival USA (2007),[13] Hérold's Zampa at the Opéra-Comique (2008),[14] and Philip Glass's Galileo Galilei with Portland Opera (2012).