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From Football to the Opera Stage: The Incredible Journey of Morris Robinson

Guide to OperaPop CultureArts Alive Blog

Morris Robinson as Parsi Rustomji in LA Opera’s 2018 production of “Satyagraha” Photo by Cory Weaver

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From Football to the Opera Stage: The Incredible Journey of Morris Robinson
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Morris Robinson is a bass. You know he’s a bass as soon as he opens his mouth to say hello. Robinson recently finished a run at LA Opera as The Grand Inquisitor in Verdi’s Don Carlo. He’s currently singing the role of Parsi Rustomji in Philip Glass’ opera Satyagraha also at LA Opera. But as Robinson told KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen, his path to becoming an opera singer was anything but direct.
Guide to OperaPop CultureArts Alive Blog
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Brian is the KUSC host who gets listeners home in LA traffic each afternoon. He also created the At Home series during the earliest stages of the pandemic, and hosts the LA Phil radio broadcasts and A Joyful Noise Sunday mornings on KUSC and KDFC. Brian is a popular pre-concert lecturer in Southern California — between the LA Phil, LA Opera, The Wallis, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, and beyond. He has received multiple LA Press Club awards for arts journalism, and is a passionate advocate for underrepresented & marginalized groups and individuals within classical music.
Brian Lauritzen
Published on 04.01.2019

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