Robert Orth, baritone

Albert Godby in Previn's Brief Encounter

Previous Engagements at HGO:

  • Mr. Parkis in the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s The End of the Affair (2004)
  • title role in Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk (1995)

Recent Engagements:

  • Frank Lloyd Wright in Daron Aric Hagen’s Shining Brow for Madison Opera
  • Owen Hart with San Francisco Opera in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking
  • Uncle John in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath with Minnesota Opera
  • Captain Compson in avid Carlson’s Midnight Angel for Opera Theatre of St. Louis
  • Mr. Orth appears frequently at the major opera houses of San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, Indianapolis and Denver

Did you know?

  • Mr. Orth was named “Artist of the Year” by both New York City Opera and Seattle Opera
  • Future engagements include reprises of Richard Nixon in Adams’s Nixon in China with both Vancouver Opera and Canadian Opera Company and the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick with the Dallas Opera.