István Kertész (conductor) "Fidelio" and "La bohème". In March 1960, Kertész was invited to become General Music Director of the Augsburg Opera—a post especially created for him. There he conducted performances of Mozart's "The Magic Flute", "The Abduction from the Seraglio", "Così fan tutte", and "The Marriage of Figaro", earning himself a reputation as one of the finest interpreters of Mozart's work. With exhilarating performances of Verdi's "Rigoletto", "Don Carlos", "Otello" and "Falstaff", and Richard Strauss's "Salome", "Arabella", and "Der Rosenkavalier", Kertész also proved himself a master of the finest of Italian Romantic operas. Invited to the Salzburg Festival, he conducted "The Abduction
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.