Ara Berberian In 1963 he was promoted from the chorus to singing roles with the NYCO, beginning with Leandro in "The Love for Three Oranges" in April of that year. He sang several more roles with NYCO through 1967, including Collatinus in "The Rape of Lucretia", the Commandant in "Don Giovanni", the Major-Domo in "Capriccio", Osmin in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio", and Tiresias in "Oedipus rex" among others. He later returned to the NYCO in 1977 to create the role of Gene Henderson in the world premiere in Leon Kirchner's "Lily". From 1965-1968 Berberian was committed to the San Francisco Opera,
Morris Robinson "The Magic Flute", "Nabucco", "Les Troyens" and "Tannhäuser". Numerous appearances with the Los Angeles Opera have included roles in "Don Carlo", "Rigoletto" and "Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction From the Seraglio)". He has also performed with opera companies in St. Louis, Philadelphia, Seattle, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Sydney, Australia. Recently Robinson has broadened his career by performing in musicals. In 2012 he won the role of Joe in "Show Boat" with the San Francisco Opera. He reprised the role with the Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Dallas Opera and the Washington National Opera at the John F.