What is Robert Hale (bass-baritone)?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Robert Hale | birth_place = [[Kerrville, Texas]], U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|08|22}} | death_place = California | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|08|23|1938|08|22}} | occupation = Operatic [[bass-baritone]] | spouse = | organizations = {{ubl| [[New York City Opera]] | [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] }} }} '''Robert Hale''' (August 22, 1938 – August 23, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Opera|opera singer]] and a [[bass-baritone]], who at first spent a decade as a leading baritone at the [[New York City Opera]]. With [[Beverly Sills]], he mostly performed in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] operas and in the revival of [[belcanto]] opera such as [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]'s ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''. He then shifted to more difficult roles, performing the title role of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' first in 1978 at the [[Opernhaus Wuppertal]], Germany. After his success there, people wanted him to perform the role at leading opera houses in Europe and the United States. He went further and tackled the role of Wotan in Wagner's [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|''Ring'' cycle]], which he first performed [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|in Wiesbaden]] in 1984, then at the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] in 1986. It became his signature role, performed and recorded worldwide, and he regarded the Berlin company as his artistic home for almost two decades. He died on August 23, 2023, a day after his 85th birthday. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Robert}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:American opera singers]]