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The American soprano and voice teacher, Yvonne Zora Trobe, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam (2015); and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature with her Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature (2017).
Recently, Yvonne Trobe performed the role of Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera with Buffalo Opera Unlimited. Before COVID-19 caused many summer festivals to cancel, she was slated to perform as Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music and cover the role of Zemina in Die Feen at The Glimmerglass Festival. Previously, she performed the roles of Juliette and Stephanó in Charles Gounod's Romeó et Juliette, Michaëla in Georges Bizet Carmen, Anna in Nabucco, The Governess in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea, and Helene in Hin und Zurück. She has covered the roles of Liu in Turandot and Frasquita in Carmen and performed the roles of Thibault in Don Carlos and Inez in Il Trovatore in concert. She also premiered the role of The Diva in A Letter to East 11th Street by Mark Campbell and Martin Hennessy for the inaugural year of the Domenic J. Pellicciotti Composition Prize, which recognizes new opera works that explore themes of tolerance, inclusion, and diversity.
Yvonne Trobe has performed in the musical theater and operetta repertoire in the roles of Emma Goldman in Ragtime, Henriette in The Ship’s Captain, The Witch in Into the Woods, Kate in Pirates of Penzance, Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn in The Music Man, Emma Goldman in Ragtime, The Grand Duchess Anastasia in The Student Prince, The Baroness of Thunder-ten-Trock in Leonard Bernstein's Candide, Frisco Kate Fothergill in Girl Crazy, Brenda in The Pajama Game, Mrs. Wentworth in Anything Goes, Gladys Carroll in 50 Million Frenchmen, Empress Carolina Pia in Devil’s Rider, Ernestine in Perchance to Dream, Melouzine in Cloclo, and Pritchard in the American premiere of Primrose by George Gershwin.
Yvonne Trobe, a regular performer as a featured soloist for large-scale choral and orchestral works, recently performed John Rutter’s Mass of the Children and Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo. Her solo repertoire also includes Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 (Lobegesang), Joseph Haydn's The Seasons, Oswaldo Goligov's How Slow the Wind, Martin Palmeri's Misa a Buenos Aires, Ariel Ramirez's Misa Criolla, Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and the Verdi Requiem.
Yvonne Trobe is an award-winning performer. Her accolades include 1st place in the Advance category of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Eastern Conference, Buffalo/Toronto District Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Competition, Manatee Opera Guild Helen Jepsen Dellera Award for a Deserving Studio Artist, and the Daniel R. Mandelker & Marlene N. Harris Award from the Sarasota Opera, Renée Fleming Endowment Scholarship and William and Jocelyn Macy Sloan Scholarship from the Eastman School of Music, The Oliver Dillenbeck Goodrich Memorial Award and Noreen M. Canfield Scholarship from the Crane School of Music, Winner of the National Association of Teachers Singing Student Competition, and Winner of the Classical Singer Competition (Regional). She placed as a semi-finalist at the National Classical Singer Competition, a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society, and a Rochester Scholastic Arts Spotlight Recipient. |
