Carmen, Marriage of Figaro, Opera, Magic Flute, Cavalleria Rusticana

Vocal Director, Robert William Corl

Robert William Corl is vocal director and principal tenor for Opera Pacifica, Olympia, Washington.

Robert will be featured in the roles of 'Turridu' in Cavalleria Rusticana, as well as 'Canio/Pagliaccio' in Pagliacci in this season's performances.

Robert William Corl
Vocal Director

Robert William Corl as
Don José in Carmen.

Mr. Corl holds a BA in Music Education and an MA in Opera Performance from Temple University in Philadelphia. He appeared as Papageno in Opera Pacifica’s debut performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute, which featured Metropolitan Opera Star Cyndia Seiden as the Queen of the Night. A versatile and veteran opera performer, he sang the role of Don José in Bizet's Carmen in Opera Pacifica’s 2003 season, and directed the 2004 production of Mozart’s, The Marriage of Figaro.

Robert Corl's opera roles include Alfredo, La Traviata (Verdi), Eisentein, Die Fledermaus (Strauss), Rodolfo, La Boheme (Puccini), Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Calaph, Turandot (Puccini), Turridu, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni), Canio/Pagliaccio, Pagliacci, (Leoncavallo), Don José, Carmen (Bizet), Des Grieux, Manon (Massenet), Werther, Werther (Massenet), and Papageno, Magic Flute (Mozart).

Robert is currently coaching tenor repertoire with Nico Castel in New York City. Mr. Castel is world famous for his books on opera libretti and diction (http://www.castelopera.com/nico.htm). With over 30 years at the Met and more than 200 character tenor roles to his credit, Mr. Castel is "...the undisputed authority on multi-lingual diction both here in the United States and internationally...", according to long-time friend and fellow performer, Placido Domingo.

Robert has recorded his first CD, An American Tenor in China, with friend and conductor Claudia Simpson-Jones and the 80-piece China Opera and Dance Symphony of Beijing. The album features a dozen world famous tenor arias, and is published by Figaro, Records, Inc. For copies, contact Robert at vocaldirector@operapacifica.org.