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Richard Roberts, tenor...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up March 2008 Richard Roberts was born in Kansas, USA. He completed a degree in Music at the University of Kansas and studied further at the Chautauqua School of Music, New York. Mr. Roberts’ recent performances include singing Steva in Jenufa in a UK nationwide tour with English Touring Opera. Formerly a principal artist with both the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany, and the English National Opera, London, his many roles include the Witch in Hansel und Gretel, Truffaldino in Love for Three Oranges, Goro in Madama Butterfly, Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, Walther in Tannhäuser, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, and David in Die Meistersinger (Concertant) in Germany and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Edmondo in Manon Lescaut, Young Guard in King Priam, Platon Karataev in War and Peace in London. Mr. Roberts has recorded the role of Bardolf in Falstaff for Chandos Records and is the voice of the Cockerel on the BBC Films animated version of Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen, conducted by Kent Nagano. Mr. Roberts’ concert appearances include 4th Jew in Salome with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox, Rossini’s Stabat Mater at St John’s Smith Square, the Mozart Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall, and Carmina Burana at the Barbican Hall in London; Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Sheffield Cathedral, Beethoven’s Ninth symphony at the Brighton Dome and Britten’s St. Nicolas in Milton Keynes. Also in demand for Opera Gala evenings, Mr. Roberts has performed in Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, and at the National concert halls in Cardiff, Glasgow, and Dublin. Recent engagements include the role of Goro with Dayton Opera as well as cover for the role of Prince in Russalka with Opera Australia in the spring 2007. He returns to Opera Australia for the productions of Les contes d’Hoffman and Arabella. b i o g r a p h y ......r e p e r t o i r e ......r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

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r e v i e w s...........back to roster....up Jenufa - English Touring Opera at the Hackney Empire “ETO’s cast is stunning … (Richard Roberts’s Steva)… all wonderful in their way, and should be snapped up by… Garsington or Glyndebourne.” Rodreric Dunnett in The Independent March 2006 “… the strongest characterization coming from Richard Roberts’ Steva.” Rupert Christiansen in The Daily Telegraph March 2006 “The faithless Steva is aptly slippery as sung by Richard Roberts.” Erica Jeal in The Guardian March 2006 Liebe zu den drei Orangen ...ein Ensemble, das Schauspielerisch so zu überzeugen weiß. Besonders Richard Roberts als Truffaldino...,der seit seinerAufnahme ins Kasseler Ensemble eine schöne stimmliche Entwicklung gemacht hat. Opernwelt Mai 2004 Madam Butterfly Richard Roberts gibt als anbiedernd agiler Geschäftsmacher Goro einen überzeugenden Einstand in Kassel. Göttinger Tageblatt 25.09.02 Zauberflöte Richard Roberts lüsterner Monostatos Hessisches Allgemeine 24.09.02 Drei Schwestern Auch der ständig betrunkene Arzt, obgleich glanzvoll geboten von Richard Roberts, der in jeder Szene durchs Bild stolpert, erheitert nur mässig. Süddeutsche Zeitung 6.11.02 Madame Pompadour Richard Roberts als Dichter Calicot setzte einige stimmliche Glanzlichter. Hessisches Allgemeine 9.12.02 Madam Butterfly “Richard Roberts sings out pleasingly as Pinkerton” The Stage February 2000 Madam Butterfly “Richard Roberts acts the naive sex tourist very well” Tom Sutcliffe in the Evening Standard February 2000 King Priam “Richard Roberts as the Young Guard is impressively done” Tom Sutcliffe in Evening Standard October 1999 Village Romeo and Juliet “forthright tone ... developing usefully as a singer and an actor” Martin Dreyer in Opera Magazine May 1993 (Sali) La Boheme “the Rodolfo of Richard, with his bright timbre and sustained legato came across clearly” in Opera Magazine October 1993 Candide “that rarity, a tenor with a ravishing pianissimo who can resist the urge to belt it out when singing softly is more effective” Linda Smith in The Register Guardian January 1992 Falstaff “a rare truthfulness all of its own” Hilary Finch in Opera Magazine September 1991 (Fenton) b i o g r a p h y ......r e p e r t o i r e ......r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .