Robert Frankenberry
 Robert Frankenberry is a tenor, pianist, actor, and conductor. At the piano, he has worked for organizations such as the Pittsburgh Opera, the Mendelssohn choir of Pittsburgh, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council. As principal coach for the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh/ Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Program in Opera for the 2000-2001 season, he was music director for Monteverdi'sMadrigals of Love and War, Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona and Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito. On stage. his roles range from Mozart in Amadeus to John Adams in 1776 to Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. He has created several principal roles, including Madam Witch in Seymour Barab's Sleeping Beauty, John Biddle in Jeremy Beck's The Biddle Boys and Mrs. Soffel, and George Bates in Roger Zahab's Uncovered by Night. As a fellow of Millennial Arts Productions' Baroque Opera Institute, Robert has performed in dramatic works by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Charpentier, Sartorio and Handel in New York City, Palm Beach and at Yale University. He has served on the faculties of the University of Akron, Carnegie Mellon University and Chatham College, and is a charter member of the University of Pittsburgh's Music on the Edge Ensemble. He holds a BM in Piano Performance from Carnegie Mellon University.
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