Robin, Mado

Performer

Mado Robin (29 December 1918 – 10 December 1960), was a French coloratura soprano. She was noted for her extreme range. A star of television and radio in the 1950s, she was well known in France. Among her roles were Lakmé, which she recorded for Decca Records in 1952 (with Georges Sébastianconducting), Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles. In 1954, she went to San Francisco to sing Lucia and Gilda, and had a successful tour of the Soviet Union with sixteen concerts over a few weeks. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• The Sleepwalker
• The Puritans
• The Bride of Lammermoor
• The Barber of Seville
• Lakme
• Hamlet
• Mireille, CG 8
• Whence cometh this longing, Op.164 (Soprano and Orchestra version)
• 12 Variations on ‘Oh, can I tell you mom’, K. 265
• Carnaval of Venice