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The German bass-baritone, Simon Robinson, studied singing at the University of Arts in Berlin with Robert Gambill.
Simon Robinson is a versatile bass-baritone, who has become one of the most sought after singers in both operatic and concert repertoire. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque, through to the Classical, Romantic and contemporary music. He has worked with leading conductors and directors, Raphaël Pichon, Claus Guth, Johannes Kalitzke, Helmuth Rilling, René Jacobs, Benjamin Bayle, Christopher Moulds, Christian Curnyn, Stephan Schulz, Andrea Marchiol, Nicolas Fink, Christophe Rousset.
As an opera singer, he made his debut in 2011 in the role of Mercury in Cavalli's opera La Calisto at the Festival of Early Music in Innsbruck. In 2012 he sang the title role in the premiere of the opera Caliph at the State Theatre of Kiel headed by Bettina Rohrbeck. He has performed in George Frideric Handel’s opera Susanna at Iford Opera Festival and in Rameau's opera Nais with the Aldeburgh Proms in England. His W.A. Mozart repertoire includes the roles of Leporello in Don Giovanni and Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte at the Aldeburgh Festival.
In 2014 he celebrated great success as Otto in the title role of G.F. Handel / Georg Philipp Telemann’s opera at the State Opera Theatre in Magdeburg, as part of the International Telemann Festival. Other performances were at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg and in France at the Arsenal in Metz. In June 2015 he made his debut at the Bavarian State Opera as part of the Munich Opera Festival in Monteverdi's Orfeo conducted by Christopher Moulds.
There have been numerous concert appearances, including a J.S. Bach tour with Helmuth Rilling in Germany and Chile; J.S. Bach cantatas with the Academy of Ancient Music; L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Johannes Brahms's German Requiem at the Konzerthaus Berlin; Gustav Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer with the Berliner Symphoniker, Dvorjak's Stabat Mater in the Thomas Church Leipzig, W.A. Mozart's Requiem with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
His recent and upcoming performances at many of Europe’s leading Opera houses and Concert halls include: Bayerische Staatsoper (Orfeo), Tonhalle Zürich (Missa Solemnis), Wigmore Hall (J.S. Bach's St John Passion), Deutsche Oper Berlin Heart Chamber), Staatsoper Berlin (Dido and Aneas), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig in Haydn's Requiem, Warsaw Opera (Castor es Pollux) and Snape Maltings (W.A. Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte), Magdeburg Opera (Otto) , Opéra de Rouen, Opéra de Lille (J.S. Bach).
Most recently he has made his debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich; G.F. Handel's Messiah at both the Handel Festival in Halle and the Tage für Alte Musik Regensburg. This July he will be performing the Creation from Haydn with the National Symphony Orchestra of Latvia conducted by Nicolas Fink. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany. |
