This season at HGO, Morris Robinson performs the role of Ferrando in Il trovatore. Previously for the company, he performed the roles of Sarastro in The Magic Flute (2015); Lodovico in Otello (2014); and Joe in Show Boat and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni (2013). Elsewhere during the 2024-25 season, Robinson performs the roles of both The King of Egypt and Ramfis in a new production of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera and Banquo in Macbeth at Atlanta Opera. During the 2023-24 season, Robinson created the role of The Commander in the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at Washington National Opera and performed the role of Timur in Turandot at Los Angeles Opera. Other recent appearances include the roles of Daland in The Flying Dutchman at Santa Fe Opera (2023), Lodovico in Otello at LA Opera (2023), Ramfis in Aida for LA Opera (2022), and King Marke in Tristan and Isolde at Seattle Opera (2022). Robinson has performed at houses around the world, including the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Volksoper Wien, Opera Australia, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. His solo album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label. He appears as Joe in the DVD of the San Francisco Opera production of Show Boat, and in the DVDs of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Salome and the Aix-en-Provence Festival’s production of Mozart’s Zaide. He was Artistic Advisor to the Cincinnati Opera from 2019 to 2021.