RobertLloyd

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About Robert

One of the great singers of his generation Robert Lloyd was born in Essex and educated at Oxford University. In 1972 he was appointed Principal Bass at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he sang an enormous range of repertoire. He has also appeared with the major opera houses of the world including The Metropolitan Opera, New York; La Scala, Milan; the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; the Opera National de Paris Bastille; the Netherlands Opera; the Salzburg Festival; the San Francisco Opera; the Bolshoi and the Chicago Lyric Opera. His repertoire includes Don Carlo, Parsifal, Die Zauberflöte, Aida, Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Simon Boccanegra, Les Troyens, Turandot, Otello, Fidelio, Pelléas et Mélisande and Benvenuto Cellini, La fanciulla del West, Don Giovanni, Samson et Dalila, Hamlet and Rigoletto.

Robert is based in London

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

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Press

  • Parsifal

    Royal Opera House
    Nov 2013
    • [...]and Robert Lloyd (Titurel) dominate their scenes.

      • Andrew Clark, Financial Times
      • 02 December 2013
  • Don Chichotte

    Chelsea Opera Group
    Nov 2012
    • Lloyd has enjoyed a long and distinguished career that has encompassed virtually every bass role worth singing...His portrayal of the preposterous yet admirable courtly knight was superbly thought through, vividly capturing his grandeur and despair.

      • George Hall, The Guardian
      • 26 November 2012
  • Les Troyens

    Royal Opera House
    Jun 2012
    • The singing, over all, is strong, especially that of...the eminent bass Robert Lloyd as the wizened Priam.

      • Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
      • 26 June 2012