Bass-baritone Robert Osborne thrives on the whole world of music. He has long been an admired favorite on the American orchestral-concert scene while also establishing himself as a respected operatic artist. His recitals of Lieder and art songs and his specialty cabarets have been highly acclaimed worldwide. He has an illustrious career in new music - premiering and bringing to live performance great masterpieces of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has received critical acclaim for his acting - the New York Times headlining him as “A Singer Who Goes All The Way.” As an educator, he has served on the faculties and offered master classes at many prestigious universities. His writings on music and editions are held in high regard.
 
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Upcoming engagements for Robert Osborne include:

  • Monday, September 1, 2008
    at 8:00
    : Johannes Brahms Vier Duette, op. 28 at Vassar Welcome Concert with Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Todd Crow, piano at Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
  • Sunday, September 14, 2008
    at 3:00
    : Recital of music for guitar and voice (Mozart, Dowland, Rutter, Champlin and Schubert) with Terry Champlin, guitarist, at Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

  • Thursday, October 2, 2008
    at 7:00
    : Berlin/Weimar Cabaret in conjunction with the “Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints” exhibition at Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

  • Sunday, October 19, 2008
    at 4:00
    : W.A. Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Mastersingers Chorale, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA.  Malcolm Halliday, conductor.

  • Thursday, December 11, 2008
    at 9:00
    : Berlin/Weimar Cabaret at the Café Sabarsky in the Neue Galerie, New York, NY.

  • Saturday, December 13, 2008
    at 8:00
    : Harry Partch’s Eleven Intrusions with the Montclair University Harry Partch Ensemble, Crawford Concert, Kasser Theater in Montclair, NJ.

  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    at 7:00
    : Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung at Harvestworks. 596 Broadway, Suite 602, New York.

  • Sunday, April 19, 2009
    at 4:00
    : Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem with the Long Island Choral Society, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY; Meredith Baker, conductor.

  • Thursday, May 14, 2009
    at 7:00
    : Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, 235 Bowery (at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets), New York.

  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009:
    WAMC Performance Place, National Public Radio Albany, NY.  Live radio broadcast of excerpts from David Alpher’s Songs of Transcendence; with David Alpher, pianist

  • Saturday, May 30, 2009
    at 7:30
    : The Music of David Alpher.  David Alpher’s Songs of Transcendence and The Sometime Dancer Blues at Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie, NY; with David Alpher, pianist

  • Sunday, July 26, 2009:
    Recital of Arias and Duets from Opera
    with Judith Milardo, soprano and Isabelle Alberto, pianist at the St. Amand de Vergt Festival, St. Amand de Vergt, France.  Music by Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Monteverdi, Handel, Bernstein, Catalani, Pergolesi.

  • Saturday, August 8, 2009:
    Recital of Arias and Duets from Opera
    with Judith Milardo, soprano and Isabelle Alberto, pianist at the Entrée des Artistes Festival, Siorac, France. Music by Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Monteverdi, Handel, Bernstein, Catalani, Pergolesi.

  • Sunday, September 27, 2009
    at 2:00
    : Memorial Tribute Concert for Henrica Bordwin, American Schubert Institute, Boston, MA

  • Sunday, November 8, 2009:
    Dvorak: Mass in D
    with the Mastersingers Chorale, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA.  Malcolm Halliday, conductor.

  • New Year’s Eve,
    Thursday, December 31, 2009
    : First Nights Festival, Boston, MA. A chamber music recital with clarinetist Chester Brezniak and pianist Malcolm Halliday.  Works by Stravinsky, Ellington, Schubert, Brahms, Spohr, Berlioz, Hahn, Milhaud and Gounod.


  • Friday, February 19, 2010
    at 8:00
    : Baudelaire and Music: A recital of songs and piano music inspired by Charles Baudelaire.  With Rachel Rosales, soprano; Todd Crow, pianist and Richard Howard, translator and commentator.  Music by Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Charpentier, Vierne, Gretchaninov, Caplet, Hindemith, Sauguet, Tanayev, Zemlinsky, Chabrier, Casella, Cras etc.
 


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