12 Facts About Roberta Peters

Roberta Peters was an American coloratura soprano.

One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Roberta Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, among the longest such associations between a singer and a company in opera.

Under Herman's training, Roberta Peters studied the French, German and Italian languages and practiced singing scales from a clarinet method.

Roberta Peters knew the role, but had not yet ever performed on stage or even sung with a full orchestra; nevertheless, she accepted.

Roberta Peters's quickly established herself in the standard soubrette and coloratura repertoire.

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Roberta Peters's later added lyric-coloratura roles such as Amina in La sonnambula, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda in Rigoletto, the last being her farewell role at the Met in 1985.

Roberta Peters appeared frequently with the Cincinnati Opera, as well as in numerous cities around the United States while on tour with the Met.

Roberta Peters appeared abroad as early as 1951, when she sang at the Royal Opera House in London, in Balfe's The Bohemian Girl, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

Roberta Peters's appeared regularly on such programs as The Voice of Firestone and The Tonight Show.

Roberta Peters had an extensive career as a recitalist, appearing in concert halls throughout the United States.

Roberta Peters was briefly married to baritone Robert Merrill in 1952, later admitting she had fallen in love with the voice and not the man.

Roberta Peters's remarried in 1955, to Bertram Fields, until his death in 2010.