Morris Robinson

Morris Robinson is considered one the most interesting and sought after basses performing today. Robinson regularly appears at the Metropolitan Opera where he debuted in a production of Beethoven’s Fidelio and has since appeared as Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute (both in the original production and in the children’s English-language version), Ferrando in Verdi’s Il trovatore, the King in Aida, and in roles in Nabucco, Wagner’s Tannhäuser, and the new productions of Berlioz’s Les Troyens and Strauss’s Salome. He has also appeared at the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Volksoper Wien, Opera Australia, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Also a prolific concert singer, Robinson’s concert engagements have included appearances with the major symphony orchestras of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Baltimore, Houston, Montreal, Nashville, São Paulo, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Birmingham (England), and at the BBC Proms and the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Cincinnati May, Verbier, and Aspen Music Festivals. He also appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of Jessye Norman’s HONOR! Festival. In recital he has been presented by Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Savannah Music Festival, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Robinson’s solo album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label. On DVD, he appears as Joe in the San Francisco Opera production of Show Boat, the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Salome, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival’s production of Mozart’s Zaide. In the 2024-25 season, Robinson returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the new production of Aida, the Houston Grand Opera for Il Trovatore, the Atlanta Opera for Macbeth, and the Boston Lyric Opera for a concert version of Aida. He also appears in concert with the Washington Concert Opera in a performance of Luisa Miller, and with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. An Atlanta native, Robinson is a graduate of The Citadel and received his musical training from the Boston University Opera Institute and as a member of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program. He was artistic advisor to the Cincinnati Opera from 2019 to 2021.