{"id":956,"date":"2026-05-01T10:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/?page_id=956"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:23:48","slug":"robert-banks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/about-us\/artists\/robert-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"730\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RobertBanksBW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-957\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RobertBanksBW.jpg 600w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RobertBanksBW-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>APPEARS IN<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/projects\/these-strangers\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"884\">These Strangers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Tenor, <strong>Robert P. Banks<\/strong>, is a singer and actor who is\u00a0equally at home on the operatic and musical theater stages. Banks has established himself a strong asset to the Minnesota performing arts community as an ensemble member and New Works Initiative participant at <strong>Minnesota Opera<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Additionally, he has been\u00a0adding more roles to his repertoire, including; <strong>Gabriel <\/strong>in\u00a0<em><strong>Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>with <strong>Teatro del Pueblo<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Rolf Gruber<\/strong> in\u00a0<em>T<strong>he Sound of Music<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>and <strong>Almanzo Wilder<\/strong> in\u00a0<em><strong>Little House on the Prairie<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>with\u00a0<strong>Frosted Glass Creative.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Originally from Georgia, Banks spent six years with The <strong>Atlanta Opera<\/strong> as an ensemble member and featured soloist. He performed as <strong>Giuseppe <\/strong>in&nbsp;<em><strong>La Traviata<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>and <strong>French Soldier Number 1<\/strong> in&nbsp;<strong><em>Silent Night<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>on their main stage at The Cobb Energy Center<em>.<\/em>&nbsp;He was also cast in the <strong>Atlanta Opera Studio Tour<\/strong> as&nbsp;<strong>The Witch<\/strong> in&nbsp;<em><strong>Hansel and Gretel<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;and <strong>Frederic <\/strong>in&nbsp;<em><strong>The Pirates of Penzance<\/strong><\/em>. Additionally in Atlanta, Banks made his company debut with <strong>Atlanta Concert Opera<\/strong> as <strong>Don Basilio<\/strong> in&nbsp;<em><strong>Le Nozze di Figaro<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;in their inaugural season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPEARS INThese Strangers Tenor, Robert P. Banks, is a singer and actor who is\u00a0equally at home on the operatic and &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/about-us\/artists\/robert-banks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Banks<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-956","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956\/revisions\/961"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}