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Baritone

David Robinson

Mexico City

Mexico

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Mexican baritone David Robinson began his career at age 19 as a soloist in Mexico with the National Opera Company, which is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts. He remained five seasons with the company. Twice finalist and winner at the National voice competition, Carlo Morelli.  After he graduated from the university with a Business degree with a focus on arts administration, he was granted a Fulbright scholarship, which allowed him to continue his studies of vocal performance in New York and in the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Further scholarships took him three times to Tel-Aviv to participate with the Israel Vocal Arts Institute Summer Program. He also was part of the Studio Artists at Sarasota Opera.  A Belvedere Competition Finalist and an Alta Classica voice competition (NYC) first place winner. 

In Vienna he sang as a soloist in Theater an der Wien (Luisa Fernanda) with Plácido Domingo among other performances and at the Wiener Konzerthaus, he performed roles in Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide’ with Kristjan Jävi as the conductor. He sang with the Arnold Schönberg Chor in many productions.   As a soloist he has sung in the American, European and Asian continents with companies such as the New National Opera of Tokyo, Los Angeles Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lyric Opera of San Diego, Opera Society of Hong Kong, Opera North, Connecticut Grand Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Bremen Music Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet, Wiener Konzerthaus, London Symphony, Theater an der Wien and the Munich Philharmonic among others; and with Washington National Opera and Opera Orchestra of New York in the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center respectively. His repertoire includes more than 60 lead and comprimario (Nebenrollen) roles. 

Being a versatile performer David Robinson made his debut in musical theatre in “Man of La Mancha” of which the San Diego Tribune said: "The most impressive and subtle voice belongs to newcomer David Robinson...had clarity and emotional power.”

In operetta he sang roles in Lehar's “The Merry Widow”, Strauss' “Die Fledermaus” and in Romberg’s “The Desert Song” of which the Philadelphia Inquirer mentioned: "The show only provides one solo for this role, but David Robinson's remarkable, soaring voice makes you wish for more."

David also made his debut in the movie “The Bohemians” as the Landlord, Al P. Benoit; an adaptation of Puccini’s “La Bohème”, which can be viewed at CUETV.ONLINE. (Director: José Luis Cortés). https://www.cuetv.online/the-bohemians-puccini-boulengerie-films-2020

He was invited to tour China with the Vienna Festival Orchestra. He has performed as a singer and actor in opera, as well as a soloist in oratorio, operetta, musicals and zarzuela. He could be heard in concerts in the Philippines, Spain, Austria and New York and in Yachats Music Festival in Oregon. 
In Mexico he has been invited to perform the title role of the opera Nabucco and Amonasro in Aïda and Tonio in I Pagliacci; other performances include Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus) and the title role in Rigoletto, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, as well as Thor in Das Rheingold. He performed a concert at Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City among others. He performed with “The Opera Locos”, created by the Spanish company “Yllana”; which won several awards at the Metropolitan Theater and Musical Awards of Mexico (2019) as one of the Top 5 Music shows in Mexico. Most recently in the Summer of 2023 he performed Ben in Giancarlo Menotti's "The Telephone" in Morelia (ISOFOM); Mexico and the title role in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in Schloss Laudon in Vienna (Wien Hadersdorf)

David Robinson holds a Master in Cultural Management from the University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid and has collaborated in Mexico, the United States and Austria with many arts organizations in the production and organization of artistic and Community Arts events with a social impact. He has contributed to cultural exchange and fostered international understanding between cultures participating in many artistic and social-arts projects. He was invited as a Professor at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City where he was the director of the Young Artists Program, and has taught languages, diction, and voice. He was part of the faculty of ISOFOM (International Summer Opera Festival in Morelia) during 2022 and 2023.

To listen to David Robinson’s recent recordings: https://soundcloud.com/david-robinson-2014   
 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psUAKbhhto 

RECENT PERFORMANCES (Highlights)
AMONASRO	           AÏDA	              G. VERDI	                          PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF TOLUCA	MEXICO
TONIO	                 I PAGLIACCI     R. LEONCAVALLO	           PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF XALAPA	MEXICO
RECITAL LIED/SPANISH & LATINAMERICAN SONGS/CHANSON		IDA K. LANG RECITAL HALL	NEW YORK
NABUCCO	        NABUCCO	    G. VERDI	                           PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF TOLUCA	MEXICO
RECITAL/LIEDERABEND/OPERA/OPERETTA KRYPTA DER PETERSKIRCHE	                VIENNA
CONCERT	MUSICAL	TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD “ESPERANZA IRIS”	                        MEXICO
THE OPERA LOCOS*	MUSIC/OPERA COMEDY	  YLLANA COMPANY(SPAIN)	TEATRO SAN RAFAEL
TOURING COMPANY	MEXICO
EISENSTEIN        DIE FLEDERMAUS	   J. STRAUSS II	            SILVESTRE REVUELTAS AUDITORIUM	MEXICO
RIGOLETTO	      RIGOLETTO	                     G. VERDI	                    SILVESTRE REVUELTAS AUDITORIUM	MEXICO
DONNER (THOR) DAS RHEINGOLD	              R. WAGNER	SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE STATE OF MEXICO (OSEM)	MEXICO
SHARPLESS         MADAME BUTTERFLY        G. PUCCINI  SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONAL POLITECNIC INSTITUTE (OSIPN)	MEXICO
NINTH SYMPHONY BARITONE SOLO              L.V BEETHOVEN                    SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF AZACAPOTZALCO MEXICO (BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY)

* Selected by the Metropolitan Theater and Musical Awards of Mexico (2019) as one of Top 5 Best music shows in Mexico.
Reent performance of “Madame Butterfly” with OSIPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z62oQX7htV0

English

Production in Mexico City
Orquesta Sinfónica del Politécnico Nacional 
Artistic Director: Mtro. Enrique Barrios
Stage director: María Luisa Tamez
Cast:
Madame Butterfly: Dhyana Arom
B.F. Pinkerton: José Luis Ordoñez
Suzuki: María Luisa Tamez
Sharpless: David Robinson 
Goro: Ignacio Clapés
Bonzo/Yamadori: Arturo Barrera 
Commissioner: Sebastian Caballero 
Dolore: Samuel Padilla Arraigo

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