Inside Opera

Lineman to La Scala: Morris Robinson


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Robinson sang the bass solo parts for Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s The Creation in high school

Robinson attended New England Conservatory of Music’s weekend program: the School of Continuing Education

Norman Scribner founded the Choral Arts Society of Washington

Satanella is a rarely performed opera by Michael William Balfe

Sharon Daniels, Boston Conservatory

Atlanta Boy Choir

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

Robinson lists the following bass roles he’s sung: Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo, Zacharia in Nabucco, Zarastro in The Magic Flute, Night Watchman in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Robinson mentions the role of Old Man River in the musical Show Boat

Teatro alla Scala

Crown is another character in George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

Robinson sang Porgy in Porgy and Bess with Lester Lynch as Crown 

Robinson sang in Don Carlo with James Morris as Philip II

Bonaldo Giaiotti

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Il lacerato spirito” from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra

Bass-baritone Samuel Ramey

German bass Kurt Moll

Musician Prince

Singer Rachelle Ferrell

T.I., Usher

Tracy Wilson created Opera Goes to Church, which started at Allen Temple AME

YouTube, iTunes, Apple Music

Renée Fleming, Karita Mattila

Lawrence Brownlee, Christain Lewis, John Holiday

Jack & Jill

Divine Nine

Robinson frequents Cincinnati's Hathaway’s Diner

Robinson enjoys the TV shows Snapped and The First 48, as well as the channel HGTV

Robinson frequently uses Apple Music

Robinson cites Stephen Lord, Ken Noda, James Levine, and Evans Mirageas as four of his career mentors

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