We have begun to celebrate the different ways
Nixon in China is one of several titles that when I tell people that it’s on my Top Ten Favorite list of operas, I get strange looks.
Robert Orth
3 pieces since 2009 — in 2 roles, at 1 company, most often at Houston Grand Opera.
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pieces
2
roles
1
company
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years
By role
By company
2 pieces as Richard Nixon — stats above show all coverage for Robert Orth.
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I am not a hit
The world needs a lot of things: health care, happiness, homo marriages, peace, prosperity and butterflies. What it doesn’t need is a mediocre “budget” recording of a contemporary opera already satisfactorily recorded with the original cast.