Tea Time With Robin Hahn
We all have a passion something we work hard to give others or achieve in life. On this episode grab a hot mug of your favourite beverage and join us as I chat with Opera singer, tea lover, and storyteller Robin Hahn as she shares her ten year journey to get a proper diagnosis of Hyper Mobile Elhers Danlos Syndrome, a unique look at how disabled individual performed in opera in the past, what she's doing on YouTube and so much more. To learn more about the genre of Opera click the links below.
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Robin Hahn
Opera Singer
Robin Hahn (she/they) is a joyfully disabled operatic soprano, stage director, music educator and disability advocate. As a singer, she has been hailed as “sublime, with a beautiful resonant soprano full of colour” (Opera Canada), and her credits range from a production of Così fan tutte in the Netherlands, to appearances on Disney stages, to a Canada-wide tour as soloist with the Chinese Radio Broadcasting Orchestra.
As a stage director, Robin’s productions are recognized for reinterpreting and updating heteronormative stories, as well as for providing accessible theatre experiences for disabled audiences and performers alike. Most recently, she has directed queer, disabled, and covid-cautious productions of Pirates of Penzance; The Old Maid and the Thief; and Hansel and Gretel across the greater Vancouver area, which she calls home.
In 2011, Robin co-founded Opera Mariposa, Canada’s only 100% openly disability-led and -run opera company, and now works with arts organizations of all types to make their spaces, facilities, resources, and events more accessible and inclusive. She is also a YouTuber and Instagram creator, making fun, educational content about the intersections between opera and disability. She is represented by Kello Inclusive.
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