Robert Orth : Forging a Distinctive Niche in New Opera
Over the last 40 years, baritone Robert Orth has established himself as the go-to guy for new works. Composers love to write for him. And, so, he has been part of the majority of the biggest premieres of this century and last—Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Ian Gordon’s Grapes of Wrath, and so many more. How did this former school teacher and musical theatre leading man find his way into opera and, specifically, new works? Orth, the composers who love to write for him, and his colleagues who love to work with him answer that and more.
