Robin Adams

Robin Adams’ current and upcoming engagements include the title role in Saint François d’Assise Grand Théâtre de Genève, NEKROTZAR Le Grand Macabre Le Festival d’Automne Paris and Enescu Festival Bucharest, THOAS Iphigenie en Tauride Konzerttheater Bern, ALBERICH Das Rheingold Staatsoper Stuttgart and Wozzeck (title role) Theater Freiburg. In recent seasons, Robin Adams made his debut at the Theater St Gallen as JAN NYMAN in Breaking the Waves and sang three major roles at the Konzerttheater Bern: ALBERICH Das Rheingold, GOLAUD Pelleas et Melisande and the world premiere of Haas’ Liebesgesang.

Other previous international engagements have included VATER/ANDERVATER Coraline Oper Zürich, Der Prinz von Homburg (title role) Staatsoper Stuttgart, BALSTRODE Peter Grimes Theater Basel, KURWENAL Tristan und Isolde Theater Bern, and VICOMTE DE VALMONT in Francesconi’s Quartett Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Other recent engagements have included MR KALLENBACH Satyagraha De Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, PRIOR WALTER Angels in America Theater Freiburg, and RICHARD NIXON Nixon in China Concertgebouw.

Notable past projects were ORALTO Vivaldi’s La Fida Ninfa Baden-Baden, HUSBAND The Last Hotel (world premiere) by Donnacha Dennehy Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Opera House Linbury Studio, Wozzeck (title role) Theater Augsburg, TRAVELLER Curlew River, DON CASSANDRO La Finta Semplice and SCHAUNARD La Bohème Oper Frankfurt and DANILO Die lustige Witwe Oper Leipzig. Robin made his debut in the world premiere of Quartett at La Scala di Milano in 2011. The production has since been invited to Wiener Festwochen, Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Colon, Opera de Rouen, Cité de la Musique Paris, Holland Festival, Opéra de Lille, Casa da Musica and Gulbenkian Foundation.

Robin was a member of Stadttheater Bern, where roles included NICK SHADOW The Rake’s Progress, CONTE Le nozze di Figaro, ENRICO Lucia di Lammermoor, FORESTER The Cunning Little Vixen, RICCARDO I Puritani, SHARPLESS Madama Butterfly, FORD Falstaff, PAPAGENO Die Zauberflöte, MACBETH, DON GIOVANNI, and EUGENE ONEGIN. In the ensemble at Landestheater Linz he performed DANDINI La Cenerentola, WOLFRAM Tannhäuser and GUGLIELMO Così fan tutte.

As a noted performer of contemporary music, his appearances have included BLAZES The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies La Monnaie and Muziektheater Transparant, KUNSTENAAR BECK Triumph of Spirit over Matter (world premiere) by Wim Henderickx La Monnaie, ANTIGONUS and PICKPOCKET II in Boesmans’ Winter’s Tale Liceu Barcelona, LEONCE Leonce and Lena (world premiere) by Christian Henking Theater Bern and CAPTAIN The Bassarides Théâtre du Châtelet.

Robin’s wide experience on the concert platform includes Zemlinsky´s Lyrische Symphonie Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Bach´s Magnificat English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican and a recital of Hugo Wolf for the Hugo Wolf Society.