Roberta Peters
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Roberta Peters (May 4, 1930 – January 18, 2017) was an American coloratura soprano. Peters is one of the most well-known American singers to achieve longevity and success in opera, thanks in part to her 35-year affiliation with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, one of the longest running performances between a singer and a company in opera.
In 1998, she was given the National Medal of Arts.
Personal life
Peters was briefly married to baritone Robert Merrill in 1952, but later confessed that she had fallen in love with the voice rather than the man. The two people divorced amicably, stayed friends, and continued to perform together in opera and recitals. She married in 1955, to Bertram Fields, before his death in 2010. Two sons were born as a result of their marriage.
Early life and career
Roberta Peterman was born in The Bronx, New York City, the sole child of Ruth (née Hersch), a milliner, and Solomon Peterman, a shoe salesman. Her family was Jewish. She started her music studies at age 13 with William Herman, a voice teacher well-known for his precise and detailed teaching methods, encouraging her by tenor Jan Peerce. Peters studied the French, German, and Italian languages as part of Herman's instruction, and he performed scales from a clarinet model. Herman introduced her to impresario Sol Hurok after six years of preparation, arranging an audition with Rudolf Bing, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager. Bing asked her to perform The Queen of the Night's second aria from The Magic Flute (with its four Fs above high C), several times in the hall, making sure she could fill the hall with sound. In February 1951, he scheduled her to perform the role.
Peters, on the other hand, made her debut earlier than expected. Bing phoned her on November 17, 1950, asking if she could step in to replace Nadine Conner, who was ill, as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Peters understood the role but had never performed on stage or even sung with a full orchestra; nonetheless, she accepted. Fritz Reiner, the conductor of the evening, was the conductor. Reiner, despite a reputation for being distant and reserved, made a point of visiting Peters' dressing room to encourage her and guide her through the performance. Her appearances were met with a great deal of enthusiasm, and her professional life was established.
Peters, who has a charming voice with vibrant coloratura agility and good looks, has become a favorite of American audiences and a strong advocate for opera for the masses. She stepped right into the standard soubrette and coloratura repertoire. Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro; Despina in Cosyne; Amore in Gluck's Orfeo; Orfeo in Don Pasquale; Adina in Notte; Adam in San Francisco; and Adele in Die Fledermaus; Amina in La sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Gilda in Rigoletto, the last being her farewell appearance at the Met in 1985. She later added lyric-coloratura roles such as Amina in La sonnambula, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda.
While on tour with the Met, Peters appeared often at the Cincinnati Opera as well as in many cities around the country. She has broadened her repertoire over the years to include roles such as Lakmé, Juliette in Roméo, Massenet's Manon, and occasionally playing Violetta in La traviata and Mim in La bohème.
Peters appeared in London as early as 1951, when she appeared in Balfe's The Bohemian Girl, directed by Sir Thomas Beecham. She appeared in several opera houses in Italy, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, and the Bolshoi in Moscow in 1972.
On television, Peters was as popular on television as on stage. She appeared on shows such as The Voice of Firestone and The Tonight Show. Peters was the most frequent visitor on CBS' Sunday night's The Ed Sullivan Show, appearing a record 65 times. She has appeared in numerous television ads, including a memorable entry in American Express' "Do You Know Me?" In which she hailed a taxi at the top of her voice, she declared it during her campaign.
Peters also performed in concert halls around the United States during his time as a recitalist. She appeared before an audience of over 13,000 at Lewisohn Stadium in New York in 1962, under conductor Alfredo Antonini's direction.
Opera and musical theater were added to her repertoire later in her career, as she appeared in The Merry Widow and The King and I. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel with Alfred Drake was also recorded. Peters never officially retired but he gave occasional recitals later in life.