Tenor Laurence Robinson......reviews from the national press and websites

reviews

The following are extracts from the national press and websites that have featured Laurence:

"Tenor Laurence Robinson hits all the right notes – in every sense of the word, winning the entire audience over with a powerful set of operatic and middle of the road material. One to watch."
Robin Duke (gotoblackpooltoday.co.uk)

The first time Robinson sang for his vocal coach, she was dumbfounded. His speaking voice was salesman-smooth but regular in pitch and resonance. "She basically said that I'd got an exceptional tenor voice and that I really, really had to do something with it." He sounds freshly incredulous as he tells this. Robinson entered amateur singing contests and won every one until, to his "complete disbelief", he got to the Millennium Festival at Leeds, the biggest amateur event in the country. "And I won that. And I knew then that this was what I wanted to do. So I set about it and I've not looked back since."

Perfect pitch By Emma Brockes (Filed The Guardian 26/02/2002)

A mobile phone salesman who packed in his job to pursue a career in music will complete a remarkable 12 months tomorrow when he sings in front of 80,000 people at football's Worthington Cup final.
Laurence Robinson, 38, gambled his career on becoming an opera singer, and is now being tipped as a rising star in classical music.
Paul Batemen, a producer who has helped the careers of Russel Watson and Lesley garrett said “Laurence is on the right lines to make it to the very top. He undoubtedly has a terrific voice”

Millions to watch tenor find calling By Nick Britten (Filed Telegraph: 23/02/2002)

Singing sensation Laurence Robinson will step out in front of a 70,000 crowd and his dream of becoming an international celebrity will be one step closer.......Now he is on track to become the biggest opera singer Britain has ever seen.
“I sang to 80,000 at the recent Worthington Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and new offers are coming in all the time. But even after five years of training I'm still learning. They say that it takes ten years to perfect a voice and now I know why”

No Nessun around as Laurence wows 'em By KarenStuart (Filed The Sun 26/04/2002)

Salesman turns singer

"When I said I was going to go full time into singing I did get the odd laugh from certain people and now the fun of it is proving them wrong and realising my dream." .

BBC Homepage (Beds, Herts and Bucks )

Laurence Is Back

After the great reception he received at the Bologna game, we have also invited back tenor Laurence Robinson to give some more spine-tingling performances. This time you will all have a part to play too as we go for the biggest ever sing-along of Jerusalem (well, the biggest one in Watford anyway).

www.saracens.com

Robinson sets tenor for Albion Feb 2 2004

West Bromwich Albion supporters were treated to not one, but two excellent performances.
First world-renowned tenor Laurence Robinson whipped up the atmosphere at The Hawthorns before kick-off with a rousing ten-minute set - featuring classics like Nessun Dorma and the club's anthem The Lord is my Shepherd.

James Nursey, Birmingham Post

Hysteria at Heathrow

BAA had even laid on an operatic tenor, Laurence Robinson, to sing them in. Mr Robinson is a veteran of such sporting occasions, but even he was overawed by it all today. "This is probably the best gig I've ever sung at," he said. It was just after 5am when he started going through is paces - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, naturally, including the verses the fans did not know, and a clutch of other crowdpleasers including I Vow To Thee My Country and Jerusalem. But it was not long before he was drowned out by the cheers of the fans as one by one the team emerged from customs.

Valentine Low and Danielle Gusmaroli, London Evening Standard