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Janine Roebuck is a mezzo-soprano was is equally at home in opera, operetta, oratorio, and popular song, and is particularly good in roles which require a touch of comedy.
However, when she was told at the age of 18 that she was going deaf, many people told her she would have to give up her dreams.
Instead, she kept her disability a secret and went on to become successful in both opera and musical theatre.
She managed to keep the secret for over 30 years before finally deciding to go public and has since had bilateral Cochlear implants fitted, which has been life-changing.
Her speech perception in her right ear alone went from 4% to 92% in just three months!
Janine Roebuck now gives inspirational talks on how to cope with hearing loss, how she followed her dreams, and how a positive outlook on life helped her achieve her goals.
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Janine Roebuck made her debut with New Sadlers Wells Opera and has sung principal roles with all the major houses in the UK.
As well as opera she sings musical theatre and is best known for her comedy roles.
She was a regular guest on Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 and has worked regularly with Richard Baker on Classical Music Cruises.
She has also devised her own one-woman show entitled This Thing Called Love, and written and performs a show about the life and works of Joyce Grenfell entitled Stately as a Galleon.
Janine Roebuck is also a globally recognised opera singer, appearing in the role of Carmen in the Middle and the Far East, as well as performing in Scrooge, The Sound of Music, as well as Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
She has recorded The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Best of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Gilbert and Sullivan and many popular classics.
Improvements in technology are such that Janine’s latest hearing aids use Bluetooth short-range wireless connectivity which helps her perform at her peak.
She has decided it is time to be proud, not ashamed, and, with support from Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID), she went public as the only deaf mezzo-soprano in the world!
Janine’s main keynote talk is titled Soprano With a Secret.
Informative, moving and hilarious, this keynote talk is perfect for anyone who loves music and the theatre, and for people who have a hearing loss.
CHARITY WORK
Janine Roebuck was a Trustee of Action on Hearing Loss (now an Ambassador) and Patron of Auditory Verbal UK which teaches profoundly deaf babies and children to listen and speak wonderfully.
Over the years she’d confided in colleagues she could trust and inevitably word spread. Responses have varied from astonishment to admiration.
One conductor told his orchestra she was deaf only after they’d heard her sing. Their standing ovation is the reaction she treasures the most.
The Champion Award was presented to Janine in 2009, and she was given a coveted place on The Independent ‘Happy List’ in 2010.
Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Musicians now to book Janine Roebuck for your next live event or video. Contact us.
Key Information
Deaf Opera Singer🔹Musical Theatre🔹Inspirational Story🔹Charity Advocate
