George
Robarts
Award-winning
Baritone & Translator
News
On 3 May 2025 George won the $25,000 First Prize at the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music’s twenty-seventh annual Lotte Lenya Competition, which took place at Kilbourn Hall in Rochester, New York.
His performance was praised by judges for “phenomenal acting” and “impeccable delivery of lyrics”, with “every moment spontaneous”. Especially taken with his performance of Kurt Weill’s Muschel von Margate, they awarded it a rare near-perfect score.
With its focus on both acting and vocal skills, the Lenya Competition celebrates talented singing actors of all nationalities who can do it all across opera and musical theatre.
About
A versatile singer and actor with “a great penchant for comedy” (Opera Scene), George works across opera, theatre, art song and cabaret.
Since 2023 he has appeared at leading UK festivals including Garsington, Longborough, the Grange, Holland Park, Oxford Song, Leeds Song, and Edinburgh. He has sung in recital alongside Graham Johnson and Dame Felicity Lott.
George won the 2024 Dryden Prize for The Revolting Maid, his new translation of Pergolesi’s comic two-person opera La serva padrona, which premiered in 2025. He has academic and commercial book translations to his name, and was the runner-up of the 2021 Goethe-Institut Award.
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