Ann Turner Robinson

Ann Turner Robinson (*?; † January 6, 1741 in London ) was an English soprano who occasionally sang for George Frideric Handel .

Life

She was originally named Ann Turner and was the youngest daughter of the countertenor and composer en William Turner (1652-1740) and his wife Elisabeth (1655-1740). On September 26, 1716 she married John Robinson (1682-1762), the organist of Westminster Abbey , and was then mostly as ' Mrs. Robinson, late Mrs Turner ' or ' Mrs Turner Robinson announced' to distinguish it from the more famous Anastasia Robinson to distinguish. Nevertheless, it is sometimes not always clear in the sources who is meant.

Ann Turner Robinson had her first public appearance at the King's Theater on Haymarket on April 5, 1718 with a cantata by Attilio Ariosti , which he had composed especially for the occasion, and which she also performed on March 21 in a concert with the Neuter Baldassari lectured. In the spring of 1719 she stepped in to replace the contralto Jane Barbier at a private concert, where she was accompanied by Handel. From 1719–1720 she sang the part of Diana in Ariosti's cantata Diana on Mount Latmos at the Drury Lane Theater , but the composer himself did not speak very favorably about her in letters to Giuseppe Riva.

She made her operatic debut in the spring of 1720 in the first season of the newly founded Royal Academy of Music (1720) as Rhea Silvia in Giovanni Porta's Numitore , as Procri in Domenico Scarlatti's Narciso , and as Polissena in the world premiere of Handel's Radamisto . Handel wrote for them from e 'to a' ''. Ann Turner failed in the last performances and was then replaced in all three operas by Margherita de L'Épine .

As a result, she had several children, including her daughters Elisabeth († February 1723) and Catherine († April 28, 1725), who died early, and only rarely appeared on stage. She sang in a benefit concert in her favor on March 20, 1723.

She probably sang between acts at the Drury Lane Theater from 1725 to 1726 and also appeared in Carey's pantomime Apollo and Daphne ( heralded only as ' Mrs Robinson ', but Anastasia Robinson had retired from the stage by 1724). In November 1727 she also sang the role of Diana in Harlequin Doctor Faustus .

Turner Robinson sang arias by Handel in concerts in 1729 and also took part in his first oratorio season at the King's Theater in May – June 1732 , in the small role of the Israelite in Esther and as Clori in the new bilingual version of Acis and Galatea .

She died on January 6, 1741 and was buried on January 8 in the Westminster Abbey cemetery.

A ' Miss Robinson ', who sang for Handel from 1744–1745, was a daughter of Ann Turner Robinson, and probably one of her sons (' Robinson's boy' ) sang in the world premiere of L'Allegro e il Penseroso (1740).

literature

Graydon Beeks: Handel, Pepusch and Arbuthnot in Cannons , in: Stanley Sadie, Anthony Hicks (eds.): Handel, Tercentenary Collection , University Rochester Press, Ann Arbor / London, 1987, pp. 209-221, excerpts online as Google -Book (English; accessed June 24, 2020)

Winton Dean : Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , article in Oxford Music online (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

Laura Williams Macy (ed.): Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , in: The Grove Book of Opera Singers , Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 411, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020 )

Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: De L'Épine, Francesca Margherita, later Mrs. John Christopher Pepusch , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800 , Vol. 4 (Corye to Dynion), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 292–296, online as a Google Book (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 –1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, p. 26, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

Web links

Robinson, Ann, b. Turner , entry on the website of the University of Salzburg (accessed June 27, 2020)

Ann Turner Robinson , short biography on Quell'Usignolo (French; accessed June 27, 2020)

Individual proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ann Turner Robinson , entry on the Find a grave website (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

↑ The Biographical Dictionary gives January 5th as the date of death. Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 -1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26-27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

↑ Winton Dean: Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , article in Oxford Music online (English; accessed June 26, 2020)

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Laura Williams Macy (ed.): Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , in: The Grove Book of Opera Singers , Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 411, online as a Google Book (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26–27, here: 27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

↑ From the available literature it is not clear whether it was the same piece as her debut.

↑ Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: De L'Épine, Francesca Margherita, later Mrs. John Christopher Pepusch , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , Vol. 4 (Corye to Dynion), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 292–296, here: 295, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 23, 2020)

↑ Graydon Beeks: Handel, Pepusch and Arbuthnot in Cannons , in: Stanley Sadie, Anthony Hicks (eds.): Handel, Tercentenary Collection , University Rochester Press, Ann Arbor / London, 1987, pp. 209–221, here: 213, online in excerpts as a Google Book (English; accessed June 24, 2020)

↑ The Biographical Dictionary gives January 5th as the date of death. Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 -1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26-27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

↑ Ann Turner Robinson , short biography on Quell'Usignolo (French; accessed June 27, 2020)

personal data
SURNAME	Robinson, Ann Turner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Turner, Ann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English soprano
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 1741
Place of death	London

[Grave-1] Ann Turner Robinson , entry on the Find a grave website (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

[2] The Biographical Dictionary gives January 5th as the date of death. Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 -1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26-27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

[Dean-3] Winton Dean: Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , article in Oxford Music online (English; accessed June 26, 2020)

[Macy-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Laura Williams Macy (ed.): Robinson, Ann Turner (née Turner) , in: The Grove Book of Opera Singers , Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 411, online as a Google Book (English; accessed June 27, 2020)

[Diction27-5] Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26–27, here: 27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)

[6] From the available literature it is not clear whether it was the same piece as her debut.

[7] Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: De L'Épine, Francesca Margherita, later Mrs. John Christopher Pepusch , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , Vol. 4 (Corye to Dynion), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 292–296, here: 295, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 23, 2020)

[8] Graydon Beeks: Handel, Pepusch and Arbuthnot in Cannons , in: Stanley Sadie, Anthony Hicks (eds.): Handel, Tercentenary Collection , University Rochester Press, Ann Arbor / London, 1987, pp. 209–221, here: 213, online in excerpts as a Google Book (English; accessed June 24, 2020)

[9] The Biographical Dictionary gives January 5th as the date of death. Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Robinson, Mrs John the First, Ann, née Turner , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 -1800 , Vol. 15 (Tibbett to M. West), SIU Press, 1973, pp. 26-27, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on June 27, 2020)