Robinson, Gail

Robinson, Gail
▪ 2009

      American soprano

born Aug. 7, 1946, Jackson, Tenn.

died Oct. 19, 2008, Lexington, Ky.
sang with the Metropolitan Opera more than 200 times in the 1970s and '80s and was featured there and with other companies in such roles as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Gilda in Rigoletto, Pamina in The Magic Flute, and Constanze in Abduction from the Seraglio. At age 19 Robinson was a winner in the Metropolitan's national auditions, and in January 1971 she stepped in as understudy to sing the lead in Lucia di Lammermoor. After illness took her from the stage, she served (1987–99) as an administrator at the Met. She joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 2000 and retired in 2008.

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