Two-hour performance of late Macclesfield opera singer surfaces online

By Alex Greensmith 23rd Dec 2022

Local News by Alex Greensmith 23rd Dec 2022

A full concert recording of Macclesfield's best-known opera vocalist has appeared online.

Forbes Robinson, who grew up in Macclesfield and lived from 1926 to 1987, was best known as a bass vocalist who would perform the likes of Mozart, Verdi and Britten.

And earlier this year a two-hour performance of the late Maxonian surfaced on YouTube.

The recording is from December 1965 at Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, where Forbes played Giovanni in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Peter Forbes Robinson passed away in London in May 1987. (Image - Tower Records)

It can be listened to at the top of the article.

So if you fancy a bit of culture or soft background music that isn't festive this Christmas, why not click the red button at the top of the article and listen to it?

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