Biography
Roberta Peters
Real name: Roberta Peterman
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 2021
Roberta Peters (born May 4, 1930, The Bronx, New York, USA - died January 18, 2017, Rye, New York, USA) was an American coloratura soprano who enjoyed a long career at The Metropolitan Opera. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998. She was briefly married to the operatic baritone Robert Merrill in 1952 (divorced).