Gail Robinson - Rossini: BARBER OF SEVILLE, Una voce poco fa, Orlando 1987, High E-flat

THE SONGBIRD: American lyric-coloratura soprano Gail Robinson (1946 - 2008) was raised in Tennessee. She was a Met Opera Auditions finalist in 1966, making her professional debut that same year with Memphis Opera as Lucia. She sang regionally often (Chicago, San Antonio, Philadelphia, New Orleans, etc.) and internationally (Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Geneva); however, she enjoyed a 20-year career at The Met with over 200 performances including Konstanze, Gilda, Lucia, Rosina, Norina, Adina, Juliette, both Sophies, Oscar, Gretel, Pamina, Ilia, Servilia, Sister Blanche, Almirena, Amor, and Echo. After she ended her singing career, she became director of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for ten years, and taught voice at the University of Kentucky.

THE MUSIC: Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is one of the most popular operas in the world and has been since soon after its premiere in Rome in 1816. It is based on the first of three plays by Pierre Beaumarchais about Figaro, the sly barber in the title. The music of the opera is believed to have been composed in about three weeks. This showy aria "Una voce poco fa" introduces the clever character of Rosina in Act One and has become a touchstone for florid sopranos and mezzos.

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