Reviews & Press
Previously performing as Rob McGinness.
"Impressive singing… well-supported tone and supple phrasing… pristine diction."
"A bronze-tinged voice… the ability to color those tones to suit dramatic situations."
"Powerful baritone… a strong three-for… (most entertainingly) Ottavia's nurse, Nutrice."
"A performance as outsize and ridiculous as his hat was tiny and ridiculous."
Press Archive
- March 15, 2025 The Washington Post — Poppea — In Series
“The powerful baritone Rob McGinness (whom I loved as Mr. Mister in the company's production of "The Cradle Will Rock" earlier this season) returned for a strong three-for in the roles of Mercurio, a Famigliari and (most entertainingly) Ottavia's nurse, Nutrice.”
- October 7, 2024 The Washington Post — The Cradle Will Rock — In Series
“A performance as outsize and ridiculous as his hat was tiny and ridiculous.”
- September 28, 2024
- March 20, 2021 BroadwayWorld — Studio Recital — Arizona Opera
“McGinness sang "Questo amor, vergogna mia" ("This love, my shame") with musical colors of loss and longing in his voice.”
- February 15, 2021 The Baltimore Sun
“Rob McGinness stood out for his impressive singing. In addition to a well-supported tone and supple phrasing, he articulated with such pristine diction...”
- November 7, 2020 BroadwayWorld — Studio Recital — Arizona Opera
“Their rendition of the intense verismo love duet from Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci was musically passionate...”
- October 5, 2020 BroadwayWorld — Studio Recital — Arizona Opera
“...his resonant voice glinted with golden tones.”
- November 12, 2019 OperaWire — Fellow Travelers — Arizona Opera
“Rob McGinness was an arrogant, energetic Tommy McIntyre.”
- October 15, 2019 BroadwayWorld — Studio Artist Recital — Arizona Opera
“Brought the audience to a thoughtful mood with his lyrical version of the dance-song from Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt... his final pianissimi were breath-taking.”
- October 15, 2019 BroadwayWorld — Studio Artist Recital — Arizona Opera
“Has a bronze-tinged voice with even tonal quality up and down its range and the ability to color those tones to suit dramatic situations.”
- July 19, 2019 Voce di Meche — La gazza ladra — Teatro Nuovo
“Baritone Rob McGinness sang well and was convincing as Fabrizio.”
- November 18, 2018 The Washington Post — Brahms Requiem — The Washington Chorus
“Warm baritone.”
- March 13, 2013 Cleveland Plain Dealer — Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein)
“A bright baritone and winning jitteriness.”