Vinson Cole Vinson Cole Vinson Cole (born November 21, 1950) is an American operatic tenor. A native of Kansas City, the tenor studied at the University of Missouri, Kansas City; the Philadelphia Musical Academy; and at the Curtis Institute of Music with Margaret Harshaw. He made his European debut in Angers, France in Handel's "Acis and Galatea" and followed that with the role of Belmonte in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" with the Welsh National Opera. In 1977, his youthful promise was recognized when he won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, the WGN Competition, and was awarded both Rockefeller Foundation and National 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.