About
British lyric-coloratura soprano Robyn Allegra Parton is described by Opera magazine as ‘stylish’, ‘dynamic’ and ‘irresistible’, and as a ‘standout’ by The Observer.
In 2015, Robyn made her professional debut for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden singing Peg in The Virtues of Things by Matt Rogers, followed by Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. She then created the roles of Agnes in Nothing for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Narrator in the Sea-Crossed Fisherman by Michael Ellison for the Istanbul Music Festival, performed various Mozart roles in Amadeus at the National Theatre, and won an award at the Cesti Vocal Competition to sing the role of Clelia in Octavia by Keiser for the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.
In 2018, Robyn returned to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to sing the title role in Coraline by Mark-Anthony Turnage, and made role and house debuts as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Musik und Theater Saar, and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos for Longborough Festival Opera.
As a concert artist Robyn has performed with ensembles including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Baroque Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonie and the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra.
Robyn has recorded the title role in Charpentier’s Caecilia Virgo et Martyr for Novum and songs by Stephen Dodgson for Toccata Classics. In 2019, Robyn records Margaret Catchpole by Stephen Dodgson for Naxos and will release a debut solo album of Haydn’s English Canzonettas with Manon Fischer-Dieskau for the label Fra Bernardo.
Performances in 2019 include Konstanze for the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau, role and house debut as Helmwige in Die Walküre for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Jen in 4.48 Psychosis for Opéra National du Rhin, and Solistinensemble in Heart Chamber for Deutsche Oper Berlin. Concerts in 2019 include works for coloratura soprano by Hummel and Mozart with the Schwäbisch Gmünd Philharmonic, Franz von Suppé’s Requiem in Hamm and Siegen, Brahms’ German Requiem at St James’ Piccadilly in London, and Haydn’s The Seasons in Buxton. In 2020, Robyn returns to the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater to make a role debut as Donna Anna.
“”
“sweetly, seductively brilliant” (Zerbinetta)
Richard Bratby
The Spectator
“The singers are out of the ordinary:
Robyn Allegra Parton as Zerbinetta, every note in place.”
Hugh Canning
The Sunday Times
“Zerbinetta’s “Grossmächtige Prinzessin” is so stunningly dispatched by Robyn Allegra Parton
that one wouldn’t shorten it by a single quaver”
Stephen Walsh
The Arts Desk
Media
Schedule
19 January 2019
The Chapel, Worcester College, Oxford
Händel
Messiah
Worcester College Chapel Choir
02 February 2019
Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau
Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze
03 February 2019
Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau
Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze
15 February 2019
Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau
Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze
22 February 2019
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Mozart
Requiem
16 March 2019
Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau
Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze
23 March 2019
Great Hall, University of Reading, Reading RG1 5AQ
Dvorak
Stabat Mater
Wokingham Choral Society
14 April 2019
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford
Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Burford Singers
11 May 2019
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
12 May 2019
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
16 May 2019
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
17 May 2019
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
18 May 2019
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
21 June 2019
St James, Piccadilly
Brahms
German Requiem
05 July 2019
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Stephen Dodgson
Margaret Catchpole
Alice/Lucy
25 July 2019
Philharmonischer Chor Schwäbisch Gmünd
Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Hummel Der Durchzug durchs Rote Meer
Mozart Aria from Betulia Liberata KV 118
10 August 2019
Coventry Cathedral
Poulenc
Gloria
18 September 2019
Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Venables
4.48 Psychosis
Jen
20 September 2019
Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Venables
4.48 Psychosis
Jen
21 September 2019
Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Venables
4.48 Psychosis
Jen
22 September 2019
Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Venables
4.48 Psychosis
Jen
28 September 2019
Konzertchor des Städtischen Musikvereins, Hamm, Germany
Franz von Suppé
Requiem
29 September 2019
Philharmonischen Chor Siegen, Germany
Franz von Suppé
Requiem
15 November 2019
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Chaya Czernowin
Heart Chamber
16 November 2019
Great Hall, University of Reading
Reading RG1 5AQ
Haydn
The Creation
21 November 2019
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Chaya Czernowin
Heart Chamber
24 November 2019
Buxton
Haydn
The Seasons
26 November 2019
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Chaya Czernowin
Heart Chamber
30 November 2019
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Chaya Czernowin
Heart Chamber
06 December 2019
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Chaya Czernowin
Heart Chamber
“”
“Zerlina’s emergence as a force to reckon with intrigued and delighted me”
Antony Craig
Gramophone
Recordings
Charpentier: Music Sacree
Choir of New College Oxford, Oxford Baroque, Edward Higginbottom
Gallery
