A versatile performing artist whose work spans opera, theatre, dance, TV, and film, Robin Hahn has appeared on stages and screens all over the world. Hailed as “sublime, with a beautiful resonant soprano full of colour” by Opera Canada magazine, Robin’s previous operatic performances include a toured production of Così fan tutte in the Netherlands; concerts across Germany singing excerpts as Violetta in La traviata and Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann with the Thüringer Symphoniker; and a Canadian national tour as a soloist with the Chinese Radio Broadcasting Orchestra.
Her wide variety of past roles include Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni); Musetta (La bohème); Frasquita (Carmen); Lauretta, Nella and Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi); Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors); and Norina (Don Pasquale). She is next set to appear as Mrs. Pinkerton in Heroic Opera’s touring production of The Old Maid and the Thief. On the musical theatre stage, Robin’s previous roles include Laurey in Oklahoma!; Mrs. Nordstrom in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music; Meg in the Little Women musical (CTC Award winner, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, 2015) and the soprano cover for the Music of the Night concert tours across BC and Ontario, performing favourites by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
She is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera competition’s Encouragement Award 2015, and was a monetary award winner again in 2021. Robin has also been a featured actor in movies, tv shows, performances, and plays at the English Theatre Berlin, the Sony Centre, on CBC television with BalletBC, and in multiple Disney parks. She is represented by Kello Inclusive, Canada’s premier acting and modeling agency representing disabled talent.
Robin is also an acclaimed operatic stage director, with productions including Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, Hansel and Gretel, Don Pasquale, Dido and Aeneas, and La serva padrona, which was hailed as “a masterpiece of controlled mayhem” (Review Vancouver). She will next direct The Pirates of Penzance with the North Shore Light Opera Society in 2024.
In 2011, she co-founded Opera Mariposa, Canada’s only 100% openly disability-led and -run opera company, and has since become a respected disability advocate within the operatic community. She is also a YouTuber and content creator sharing resources, information, and advice for disabled artists and accessibility within the operatic sector, and has been awarded the Industry Catalyst Grant from CreativeBC and the City of Vancouver supporting her work creating fun and educational videos about opera and disability. She regularly speaks and consults on disability and accessibility in opera with organizations across Canada.
