Elaina Robbins, Soprano
Elaina Robbins is a Fort Wayne singer and voice teacher voice has been described as warm, flexible, and expressive. Her notable operatic roles include Le feu and Le rossignol in Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, Erste Knabe in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and Cleopatra in Victor Herbert’s The Wizard of the Nile. She made her symphony soloist debut with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra in 2016, where she performed as Sophie in excerpts from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. Her oratorio experience includes the soprano solos in Haydn’s Theresienmesse, Mozart’s Requiem, and the Rutter Requiem.
Elaina has plenty of experience singing in other genres as well. For over three years, she was the principal soprano at Heartland Sings, a vocal production company located in Fort Wayne, IN. As such, she performed pop, jazz, a cappella, and other small ensemble compositions, along with soprano solos in masses, choral works, and opera and musical theater scenes. She has sung with internationally acclaimed artists of various musical styles, including J. Mark McVey (of Broadway fame) and renowned Swedish a cappella ensemble The Real Group. Her cross-genre capabilities and dynamic performances make her a sought-after Fort Wayne singer, and she also regularly performs regionally.
Elaina has a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California. A passionate voice teacher whose students have lauded her “outstanding vocal skills and understandable teaching methods,” she joined the vocal faculty of the Purdue School of Music in 2018. She enjoys teaching Fort Wayne singing lessons and online singing lessons in her private studio as well. An active member of the Fort Wayne performing arts community, Elaina founded the city's Opera on Tap chapter in 2019.
Elaina has plenty of experience singing in other genres as well. For over three years, she was the principal soprano at Heartland Sings, a vocal production company located in Fort Wayne, IN. As such, she performed pop, jazz, a cappella, and other small ensemble compositions, along with soprano solos in masses, choral works, and opera and musical theater scenes. She has sung with internationally acclaimed artists of various musical styles, including J. Mark McVey (of Broadway fame) and renowned Swedish a cappella ensemble The Real Group. Her cross-genre capabilities and dynamic performances make her a sought-after Fort Wayne singer, and she also regularly performs regionally.
Elaina has a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California. A passionate voice teacher whose students have lauded her “outstanding vocal skills and understandable teaching methods,” she joined the vocal faculty of the Purdue School of Music in 2018. She enjoys teaching Fort Wayne singing lessons and online singing lessons in her private studio as well. An active member of the Fort Wayne performing arts community, Elaina founded the city's Opera on Tap chapter in 2019.
