Irene Roberts

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 and her master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She won 2nd prize in the Advanced Division at the 41st Annual Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition and was a finalist for the 2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant.

Career Irene Roberts made her Metropolitan Opera debut in The Marriage of Figaro in 2012, and in 2013 debuted at San Francisco Opera in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.

Since 2015 she has been a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin where she has performed roles including The Muse/Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, the title role of Bizet's Carmen, Hansel in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel, and Urbain in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.

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. She also made her London recital debut at Wigmore Hall with tenor Bryan Hymel.

Roberts made her debut in Amsterdam as The Muse in a new production of Les Contes d'Hoffmann in 2018. In 2019 she made her house debut at La Fenice in Venice with her first performances of Amneris in Verdi's Aida.

Repertory Role Composer Opera Locations 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 Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Bayreuther Festspiele Kundry Richard Wagner Parsifal Staatsoper Hannover, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Tiroler Festpiele Erl Brangaene Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Swedish Radio Orchestra

Recordings Audio Bizet: Carmen. (Euro Opera 3998, 2019.) Irene Roberts (Carmen), Matthew Ryan Vickers (Don José), David Bizic (Escamillo), Valentina Mastrangelo (Micaëla), Gaetano Triscari (Zuniga), Stefano Marchiso (Moralès), Saverio Pugliese (Remendado), Tommaso Barea (Dancaïre). Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana

Personal life Irene Roberts currently resides in Berlin with her husband and two children.