American soprano Robin Johannsen is known for her virtuosity, energy, agility, endurance, and above all for her scintillating coloratura. On the operatic stage she has appeared at Deutsche Oper Berlin where she started her career as a young artist, Theater an der Wien, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Athens’ Megaron, Staatsoper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Regio Torino, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Oper Frankfurt, Vlaamse Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig and Bayreuth Festival in roles including SusannaLe nozze di Figaro, NorinaDon Pasquale, Oscar Un ballo in Maschera, Marzelline Beethoven’s Leonore,KonstanzeDie Entführung aus dem Serail, FiordiligiCosì fan tutte and the title role of Telemann’s Emma und Eginhard. More recently she performed Leocasta in a new production of Vivaldi’s Il Giustino at the Berliner Staatsoper and the title role in Christoph Graupner: Dido, Konigin von Carthago for the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik under Andrea Marcon.

Robin has a special affinity for the Baroque and Classical repertoires and has close working relationships with René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester and is a frequent guest with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, La Cetra Basel, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Concerto Köln, Kammerakademie Potsdam, and Belgium’s B’Rock. She has also collaborated with conductors such as David Afkham, Marin Alsop, Jonathan Cohen, Ottavio Dantone, Laurence Equilbey, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe Herreweghe, Manfred Honeck, Philippe Jordan, Ton Koopman, Antonello Manacorda, Alessandro De Marchi, Andrea Marcon, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Christian Thielemann and Robin Ticciati.

Recent highlights include performances with the Concertgebouworkest, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmonie, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Amsterdam Baroque at the Bach Leipzigfest and a solo programme with the Freiburger Barockorchester under Kristian Bezuidenhout and in North America performances with Les Violons du Roy, Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, Oregon Bach Festival and National Symphony Orchestra.

This season and beyond Robin looks forward to further performances with La Cetra Basel, a European tour of Beethoven’s Missa Op 86 with the Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Dalinda in Handel’s Ariodante for Boston Baroque and a Mahler 4 and a world premiere of a song cycle especially composed for her by Jeremy Gill with the Harrisburg Symphony, as well as future projects with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Handel and Haydn Society and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig.

Robin has worked with some of the finest orchestras around the world and in some of the most prestigious festivals, performing at venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gasteig Munich, Konzerthaus Berlin, Paris Philharmonie, the Vatican, Salzburg’s Mozarteum and Groβes Festspielhaus, Tonhalle Zürich, Elbphilharmonie, the Wiener Musikverein and Santa Cecilia in Rome.

In the United States, Robin has appeared with the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Dallas, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras as well as with the Handel & Haydn Society, Musica Angelica, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She has also performed at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, Cincinnati Music Hall, and the Oregon Bach Festival.

Robin has built up an impressive discography, including Die Entführung aus dem Serail under Réné Jacobs for Harmonia Mundi for which she was awarded an Edison Classical Music Award for her performance as Konstanze. In May 2014, Sony Classical (dhm) released Robin’s first solo disc, “In dolce amore,” a world premiere recording of baroque arias and cantatas by Antonio Caldara, conducted by Alessandro De Marchi. Her latest release includes Mozart in Milan: Exsultate jubilate (Arcana) with Carlo Vistoli and Giulio Prandi. Other recordings include Bach’s B Minor Mass under René Jacobs (harmonia mundi), Beethoven’s Leonore with FBO and René Jacobs (harmonia mundi), a DVD of the Berliner Staatsoper’s King Arthur with Akamus (Naxos), the title role in Vinci’s Didone Abbandonata with the Lautten Compagney (dhm/Sony), and Handel’s Parnasso in festa with Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Basel (Pentatone).