Robyn Allegra Parton

Robyn Allegra Parton made her operatic debut at the Royal Opera House, London, as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. As a lyric-coloratura soprano, she has since returned to the Royal Opera, and performed throughout Europe, including at Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National du Rhin, Folkoperan Stockholm, Glyndebourne Festival, Longborough Festival, Istanbul Music Festival, Bayreuth’s Gluck Festspiel, and the Innsbruck Festival for Early Music. 

In the 2023/2024 season, Robyn continues to perform as a member of the solo-ensemble at Theater Münster in Germany. She will also return to the Royal Opera House to cover the role of Gilda in Rigoletto in London and on tour to Japan, and she will debut the role of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor for IF Opera in England.

2024/2025 brings concert performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, as well as role debuts as Musetta, Vixen, and Isifile in Cavalli’s Giasone, and Micaela in a revival of Carmen, all for Theater Münster. In October 2024, Robyn will make her house debut at English National Opera with the role of Gilda in Rigoletto.

Her roles include Violetta, Gilda, Lucia, Micaëla, Adina, Lauretta, Musetta, Vixen, Donna Anna, Konstanze, and Zerbinetta. Lesser known works have included Medea (Pacini), Amalia (I Briganti – Mercadante). Astarte (Schmied von Gent – Schreker), and Thamar (Leben des Orest – Krenek).

Comtemporary roles include the title role in Coraline by Mark-Anthony Turnage for Royal Opera: Linbury and Folkoperan Stockholm for which she was awarded the Friends of Folkoperan Stockholm’s 2021 Soloist Award, Jen in Philip Venables’ 4.48 Psychosis at the Opèra National du Rhin and Philharmonie de Paris, Agnes in Nothing by David Bruce for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Narrator in The Sea-Crossed Fisherman by Michael Ellison for the Istanbul Music Festival, Peg in Matt Roger’s The Virtue of Things for Royal Opera: Linbury, Covent Garden, Victoria in Jules Maxwell’s The Lost Thing for Royal Opera: Linbury, Rita in Great Open Eyes by Manuel Zwerger for Theater Münster, and a vocal ensemble role in Heart Chamber by Chaya Czernowin for Deutsche Oper Berlin. 

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,  Luxembourg Philharmonie and the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra.

Robyn has recorded Charpentier’s Caecilia Virgo et Martyr for Novum, songs by Stephen Dodgson for Toccata Classics, and the roles of Alice and Lucy in Margaret Catchpole by Stephen Dodgson for Naxos. Her debut solo album ‘Burnished Gold’ featuring songs from the Viennese Art Nouveau recorded with pianist Simon Lepper and Orchid Classics entered the UK Specialist Classical Chart at No. 9 to high critical acclaim.