ARTIST BIO – ROBERT HALE
The University of Oklahoma and the OU Symphony are pleased to welcome guest
artist Robert Hale, world-renowned bass-baritone and University of Oklahoma
alumni.
Be sure to look up Mr. Hale via a Google search for “Robert Hale, bass-baritone.”
There you will read of his marvelous career, of which we’ve distilled a few bits
below.
Robert Hale is best known for his Wagnerian roles, especially Wotan in “The
Ring” cycle and the title role in “The Flying Dutchman,” works that he has
recorded with conductors Wolfgang Sawallisch and Christoph von Dohnányi. His
performance in “Die Frau ohne Schatten” of Richard Strauss appears on DVD
from a performance at the Salzburg Festival.
Mr. Hale studied with Boris Goldovsky in New York and made his debut there in
1966 as Mozart's Figaro. He performed with the New York City Opera from 1967,
as Don Giovanni, Oroveso, and as the Father in “Louise.”
His European debut was at Stuttgart in 1978 as the Dutchman, and he sang
Jochanaan at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1988
(returning as Orestes in 1990). In 1992 he sang Barak in “Die Frau ohne
Schatten” (“The Woman without a Shadow”) at Salzburg. His Wotan in “The
Ring” was admired at the Vienna Staatsoper (1992-93) and at the Théâtre du
Châtelet in Paris (1994).