How does a college football player with hopes for the NFL become a world-renowned operatic bass and Artistic Adviser for Cincinnati Opera? Listen as Morris Robinson chats with Artistic Director Evans Mirageas about his dynamic career and inspiring story.
Show Notes
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
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
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
“Il lacerato spirito” from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra
Bass-baritone Samuel Ramey
German bass Kurt Moll
Musician Prince
Singer Rachelle Ferrell
Tracy Wilson created Opera Goes to Church, which started at Allen Temple AME
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