Biography
Canadian bass-baritone Robert Gleadow continues to make his mark on operatic and concert stages around the world since his graduation from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. Robert’s performances at Houston Grand Opera as Talbot in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda alongside Joyce DiDonato and under the baton of Patrick Summers were characterized as “never lacking conviction or genuine concern” and it was noted that “his plangent bass rang out with a sonic boom”.
This season, Robert will be back at Opera Royal de Versailles in the role of Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni. He will perform as Gugliemo in Così Fan Tutte at Opera de Lausanne and portrait the role of Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro at Opera de Marseille.
In the 2022/2023 season, Robert reprised his roles in the Da Ponte trilogy with Les Musiciens du Louvre in Ravenna and Versailles, and performed the role of Pacha in La Caravane du Caire with Opéra de Versailles. He also performed the role of Pacha in La Caravane du Caire with Le Concert Spirituel at Opéra de Versailles.
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“Robert Gleadow never lacked conviction or genuine concern. His plangent bass rang out with a sonic boom.”
“Robert Gleadow is a fine actor and his resonant baritone was perfect for the challenging role of Talbot.”
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“But there was another star in the room, Robert Gleadow’s Leporello was wild, wily, bewildered and utterly bewitching. A bass-baritone of considerable expressive ability but also the stage presence of a world-class actor. From his Catalogue ariaMadamina, il Catalogo è questo as he swiped through the 1,003 women listed on his smartphone, to the delight and horror of leading Donna Elvira astray, Gleadow was so utterly made for the role, it was as if Mozart penned it for him.”
Clare Martin, Radio 13 Jul 19th 2019
“Robert Gleadow never lacked conviction or genuine concern. His plangent bass rang out with a sonic boom.”
“Robert Gleadow is a fine actor and his resonant baritone was perfect for the challenging role of Talbot.”
Theodore Bale, Culture Map Houston
“…the tall, handsome young Canadian Robert Gleadow made a striking postprogramme debut as Masetto, and will surely soon be in demand as either Leporello or Don Giovanni.”
“Robert Gleadow, at 21, is already a star, going great guns in London at the Royal Opera and destined for many plum roles.”
