"Catherine Robbin's is a beautiful voice used with intelligence,
polish and wisdom." - The Globe and Mail
"Robbin has the tremorous underpinning of vulnerability at the
heart of her voice; her range and emotional intelligence have the force
to move listeners to tears." - Kitchener-Waterloo Record
One of Canada's best known mezzo-sopranos, Catherine Robbin has established
an international reputation, performing with many of today's leading
conductors throughout the world. Miss Robbin is at ease in a wide range
of vocal music but is particularly noted for her interpretations of
Baroque and Romantic repertoire. She also gives regular Master classes
at Universities all over Canada, at the Carmel Bach Festival and is
President of the Canadian Aldeburgh Foundation, an organization that
supports young Canadian Artists performing at the Aldeburgh Festival
in the UK.
Catherine's operatic appearances have included the title role in Handel's
Floridante with Alan Curtis and Tafelmusik, Bradamante in Handel's Alcina
for Vancouver Opera, Annio La Clemenza Di Tito with John Eliot Gardiner
and the English Baroque Soloists and with Christopher Hogwood and the
Handel & Haydn Society in Boston, Ursule in Berlioz's Beatrice et
Benedict with John Nelson for Opera de Lyon, Cherubino with Marc Minkowski
for Opera Atelier, Toronto and concert performances of Medoro Orlando
with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music.
In recent seasons Miss Robbin has performed Bach's St John's Passion
with Nicholas Kraemer and the Rotterdamas Philharmonisch Orkest, Bach
with Nicholas McGegan and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Berlioz
with the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach's St Matthew Passion
with Trevor Pinnock in Ottawa, Elgar with Gardiner and The Philharmonia,
Mozart and Bach with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient
Music.
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