Background
Robin was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Touraine, where she owned the Château des Vallées.
Robin was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Touraine, where she owned the Château des Vallées.
She was noted for her extreme range. A star of television and radio in the 1950s, she was well known in France. Among her roles were Lakmé, which she recorded for Decca Records in 1952 (with Georges Sébastian conducting), Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles.
In 1954, she went to San Francisco to sing Lucia and Gilda, and had a successful tour of the Soviet Union with sixteen concerts over a few weeks.
In 1994, the Belorussian Canto Society released a video-cassette of her performances, entitled Mado Robin Live!. Included are excerpts from Lakmé, Mireille, Rigoletto, Hamlet, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Lucia di Lammermoor.
