| Twyla Robinson soprano |
| In SFO 2005-2006 Season Countess Almaviva - Le Nozze Di Figaro |
| Twyla J Robinson offered the most complete package of the afternoon, from her elegant appearance to her cool, artful, seamless voice, well suited to Strauss's Arabella. She also offered a guaranteed show-stopper: the heart-wrenching "To This We've Come" from "The Consul" by Gian Carlo Menotti. To this ear, it accentuated a thinness and coolness in her voice, but it brought the audience to its feet.
-ANNE MIDGETTE, New York Times 4/24/02 |
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| She was also the only Adler Fellow to perform as a featured artist on Lotfi Mansouri's Farewell Gala |
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| On Cavalli's La Calisto
Love music aside, Cavalli reserved some of the most powerful moments for the spurned wife Juno. Twyla Robinson brought a large, gleaming soprano to the assignment, and her outpouring of rage in "Racconsolata e paga" was a show-stopper. -Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times, 4/3/01 |
| The program was exemplary: interesting, varied, an intelligent mix of standards and rarities, all well suited to Robinson's voice. This voice - already heard locally in roles as varied as Lady Billows in Albert Herring and First Lady in The Magic Flute - shifted effortlessly from Haydn to Poulenc to Wolf to Grieg to Sibelius to songs by Edwin Penhorwood to text by Emily Dickinson and Callum MacColl, and, in the end, to an a capella Irish song. |
| Robinson is indeed young. She made her professional debut just four years ago as First Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute with the San Francisco Opera, having since followed that with some substantial roles, most notably Alice Ford in Verdi's valedictory opera, Falstaff , and the title roles in Richard Strauss' Arabella and Carlisle Floyd's Susannah (Source.) |
| Soprano TWYLA ROBINSON, a current Adler Fellow and a 1999 Merola Opera Program participant, recently appeared as Lady Billows in Opera Center's 2000 Showcase production of Albert Herring. She also completed the 1999 Western Opera Theater tour of Don Giovanni, in which she sang the roles of Donna Anna and Donna Elvira. Originally from Louisiana, the young artist studied at Indiana University and has performed such roles as Fiordiligi (Cos� fan tutte), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), and the title part of Arabella. Additional credits include the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore and the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. In concert, the soprano has performed as soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart's Requiem and Mass in C Minor, Bruckner's Requiem, Honegger's Le Roi David and Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Twyla Robinson was a winner in the 2000 MacAllister Awards competition and was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. - SFO Profile |
| Robinson is indeed young. She made her professional debut just four years ago as First Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute with the San Francisco Opera, having since followed that with some substantial roles, most notably Alice Ford in Verdi's valedictory opera, Falstaff , and the title roles in Richard Strauss' Arabella and Carlisle Floyd's Susannah . |
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| In SFO 2006-2007 Season Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni |
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| Left, Twyla Robinson at SFO in Dolores Park in San Francisco, May 27, 2007 - She sang Sombre foret (long intro on clip) from William Tell. |