Gail Robinson (soprano)
Gail Robinson ( born August 7, 1946 in Meridian, Mississippi, † October 19, 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky) was an American opera singer in the vocal range soprano. Gail Robinson became famous. Mainly by their interpretations of roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for her bel canto singing
Biography and artistic work
Gail Robinson grew up in Jackson, Tennessee on, moved to Memphis, Tennessee and later studied at the Memphis State University.
At age 19, she won the singing competition of the Metropolitan Opera. In 1970, she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as First Lady in The Magic Flute. While touring the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 in Detroit they replaced Roberta Peters in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. This meant the artistic breakthrough for them. In 1971 she sang her first Lucia at the Metropolitan Opera.
During her career, Gail Robinson sang among others in Berlin ( German Opera Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin ), Hamburg, Munich and Geneva. In North America she sang, among others in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Ottawa.
Among her most important roles that included Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio, the Ilia in Idomeneo, the Norina in " Don Pasquale, Gilda in Rigoletto and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck.
1975 Gail Robinson worked in the film version of the operetta Die Dubarry ( Millöcker / Mack Eben) for ZDF with. Gail Robinson excelled in their interpretation of the title role with her coloratura voice and graceful appearance. The television adaptation is occasionally repeated in ZDFtheaterkanal. In 1978 Gail Robinson was also a guest in the ZDF music show I like to invite my guests.
1987 Gail Robinson sang for the last time as Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera; she had sung there in over 200 performances. Health problems forced Gail Robinson in the following years for the gradual termination of her stage career. In 2000, Gail Robinson adopted definitively by the opera stage. Since 1999 until her death she was a professor of voice at the University of Kentucky.
During the 1990s, she headed to New York's Metropolitan Opera, the program for the promotion of young talent from which emerged many famous singers, including Dwayne Croft, Paul Groves, Heidi Grant Murphy.
Gail Robinson died from the effects of rheumatoid arthritis. She was buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery on October 23, 2008 in Memphis. Your student Paul Groves sang at her funeral the song by Henri Duparc Soupir ( 1848-1933 ).
TV movie
- The Dubarry, ZDF, 1975, directed by Werner Jacobs