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:

  • Saturday, May 3 at 4:00: Frank Maurrant in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene at Manhattan School of Music, Borden Auditorium, New York City.
  • Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00: Dolmen Music with Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble at the 2008 Danspace Gala in New York City.
  • Saturday, May 24 at 3:00: Three French Songs with Clarinet Obbligato (Berlioz, Hahn and Gounod) at Vassar Commencement Concert with Larry Guy, clarinet and Todd Crow, piano.
  • Saturday, June 28 at 8:00: Leonard Bernstein’s Songfest at the Gettysburg Festival, Majestic Theater, Gettysburg, PA. With members of the National and Baltimore Symphonies, Charles Prince, conductor.
  • Thursday, August 7 at 21h30: all-Gershwin concert with duo-pianists Isabelle Alberto and Isabelle Loiseau and mezzo-soprano Romie Esteves, Château de Hautefort in Hautefort, France.
  • Sunday, August 10 at 15h00: A chamber music recital with clarinetist Chester Brezniak and pianist Malcolm Halliday in Orliac, France sponsored by Entrée des Artistes. Works by Stravinsky, Ellington, Schubert, Brahms, Spohr, Berlioz, Hahn, Milhaud and Gounod.
  • Sunday, August 10 at 21h30: all-Gershwin concert with duo-pianists Isabelle Alberto and Isabelle Loiseau and mezzo-soprano Romie Esteves, at the Jardin des Enfeux in Sarlat, France.
  • Tuesday, August 12 at 21h30: all-Gershwin concert with duo-pianists Isabelle Alberto and Isabelle Loiseau and mezzo-soprano Romie Esteves, at the Parc Voulgre in Mussidan, France.
  • Sunday, September 14 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 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 at 4:00: Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Mastersingers Chorale, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA. Malcolm Halliday, conductor.
  • Saturday, December 13 at 8:00: Harry Partch’s Eleven Intrusions with the Montclair University Harry Partch Ensemble, Crawford Concert, in Montclair, NJ.
  


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There was a generous portion
of concert music ... including one of the most moving moments from “Songfest” touchingly performed by bass Robert Osborne and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

- New York Newsday
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