Lila Junior Crichton is a NZ-born Samoan Tenor who was introduced to singing at home and in the church at a young age then later moving on to bands, choirs, kapa haka and Musical Theatre and Opera in High School. Lila moved to Wellington after graduating from Festival Opera New Zealand’s youth initiative, Project Prima Volta, where he studied for 4 years under Jose Aparicio and Anna Pierard.

With Festival Opera and Project Prima Volta Lila has performed roles such as Le Dancaire in Bizet’s Carmen, The Sorcerer in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Goro in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Beppe in Pagliacci. Along with these, he has notably performed the role of Saint Nicholas in Brittens Saint Nicholas and Rinnuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Lila is a very proud recipient of the NZSM Directors Award, The Kapiti Chorale Vocal Scholarship and most notably, the Deane Endowment Trust - Special Jonathan Lemalu Scholarship which has enabled him to work with the NZSO, the Porirua based Youth Initiative Virtuoso Strings Orchestra and provided him an artists residency with Festival Opera NZ.