Irene Roberts (mezzo-soprano) explained
Irene Roberts is an American mezzo-soprano.
Early life and education
Irene Roberts was born and raised in Sacramento, California and attended the Sacramento Waldorf School before earning her undergraduate degree from the University of the Pacific[1] and her master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.[2] She won 2nd prize in the Advanced Division at the 41st Annual Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition[3] and was a finalist for the 2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant.[4]
Career
Irene Roberts made her Metropolitan Opera debut in The Marriage of Figaro in 2012,[5] and in 2013 debuted at San Francisco Opera in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.[6]
Since 2015 she has been a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin[7] where she has performed roles including The Muse/Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann,[8] the title role of Bizet's Carmen, Hansel in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel, and Urbain in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.[9]
In 2016 she created the role of Bao Chai in the world premiere of Bright Sheng's Dream of the Red Chamber at San Francisco Opera.[10] She also made her London recital debut at Wigmore Hall with tenor Bryan Hymel.[11]
Roberts made her debut in Amsterdam as The Muse in a new production of Les Contes d'Hoffmann in 2018.[12] In 2019 she made her house debut at La Fenice in Venice with her first performances of Amneris in Verdi's Aida.[13]
Repertory
| Role | Composer | Opera | Locations |
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| Amneris | Giuseppe Verdi | Aida | La Fenice |
| Der Komponist | Richard Strauss | Ariadne auf Naxos | Palm Beach Opera |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Carmen | Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Macerata Opera, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Komische Oper Berlin |
| Lola | Pietro Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
| Bao Chai | Bright Sheng | Dream of the Red Chamber | San Francisco Opera |
| Siébel | Charles Gounod | Faust | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Baltimore Lyric Opera |
| Hänsel | Engelbert Humperdinck | Hänsel und Gretel | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
| Rosina | Gioachino Rossini | il Barbiere di Siviglia | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Baltimore Lyric Opera |
| Sélika | Giacomo Meyerbeer | L'Africaine | Oper Frankfurt |
| Isabella | Gioachino Rossini | L'italiana in Algeri | Lyric Opera of Kansas City |
| Marguerite | Hector Berlioz | La damnation de Faust | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
| Cherubino | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Palm Beach Opera |
| La Muse/Nicklausse | Jacques Offenbach | Les Contes d'Hoffmann | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Palm Beach Opera, Dutch National Opera |
| Giulietta | Jacques Offenbach | Les Contes d'Hoffmann | San Francisco Opera |
| Urbain | Giacomo Meyerbeer | Les Huguenots | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
| Fenena | Giuseppe Verdi | Nabucco | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
| Venus | Richard Wagner | Tannhäuser | Staatstheater Klagenfurt, Bayreuther Festspiele |
| Kundry | Richard Wagner | Parsifal | Staatsoper Hannover, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper |
| Brangaene | Richard Wagner | Tristan und Isolde | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Massimo Palermo |
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Personal life
Irene Roberts currently resides in Berlin. [14]
Notes and References
- News: Alumni News: 2000-2009 . pacific.edu. 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Alumna Irene Roberts Makes San Francisco Opera Debut . cim.edu. 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Thirteen excel in Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition finals . palmbeachdailynews.com. 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Profile - Irene Roberts . operamrhein.de. 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Le Nozze di Figaro Metropolitan Opera House: 10/26/2012 . Metropolitain Opera Archive . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: An Ever-Surprising Tales of Hoffmann From S.F. Opera . San Francisco Classical Voice . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: If You Want to Sing Opera, Learn German . Newsweek . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Dashes of brilliance in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at Deutsche Oper, Berlin . Financial Times . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Les Huguenots . Opera News . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: 'Dream of the Red Chamber' and 'Andrea Chénier' Reviews: Opera Opts for Old Over New . The Wall Street Journal . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: From Heaven's joys to arena's sands: Hymel and Roberts Wigmore Hall . Bachtrack . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Hoffmann bei DNO: Stimmungslos und verwirrt . Opera Magazine . 7 Jul 2019.
- News: Il ritorno della monumentale Aida da camera al Teatro La Fenice . Giornale della Musica . 7 Jul 2019.
- Web site: 100 Sekunden mit: Irene Roberts [Feature] ]. YouTube . 7 July 2019.
