The Prince: Rusalka / English Touring Opera
“Richard Roberts lent a ringing tenor to the Prince, with reliable top notes…”
Opera
“… Richard Roberts’ strongly sung Prince...”
The Times
Steva: Jenufa / English Touring Opera
“…with Richard Roberts’s wide-boy Steva providing the strongest characterisation.”
The Daily Telegraph
“The faithless Steva is aptly slippery as sung by Richard Roberts.”
The Guardian
“ETO's cast is stunning: Dwayne Jones's Laca, Richard Roberts's Steva and the gorgeous Amanda Echalaz - last year's Alcina - as Jenufa (despite some disappointing diction in Act I) were all wonderful in their way, and should be snapped up by Garsington, Grange Park or Glyndebourne.”
The Independent
“…with two well-observed performances by the tenors Richard Roberts and Dwayne Jones as Steva and Laca…
The Times
Boris: Katya Kabanova / English Touring Opera
“The singing and acting are impeccable. Linda Richardson's tall, willowy Katya bends and buckles with guilty desire for Richard Roberts's handsome, troubled Boris, while Fiona Kimm's Kabanicha hides a genuine sadism beneath a veneer of morality.”
The Guardian
“Colin Judson excels as her weak-willed son, Tichon, as does Richard Roberts as Boris, Katya’s lover.”
The Stage
“…ardently sung by Richard Roberts.”
The Times
Pang: Turandot / English National Opera
“…very well sung by Benedict Nelson, Richard Roberts and Christopher Turner as psychotic chefs, for which, admittedly there are plenty of precedents. It was one of the best things in the production.”
Opera
Kaufmann: Jakob Lenz / English National Opera
“Richard Roberts gives his all as the unappealing Kaufmann…”
Classical Source
“…both Jonathan Best as the pastor berlin and Richard Roberts as Lenz’s foppish friend Kaufmann provide Shore with fine support…”
The Guardian
“Solid support comes from bass Jonathan Best as Oberlin and tenor Richard Roberts as Christoph Kaufmann...”
The Observer
“…Richard Roberts, if a little hamstrung by the bizarrely caricatured foppery of Kaufmann, impressed vocally too.”
Seen and Heard International
Matteo: Arabella / Opera Australia
“Richard Roberts is suitably lyrical and earnest as her Matteo, his clear and youthful tenor floating easily above the orchestra.”
The Opera Critic
Young Guard: King Priam / English National Opera
“Richard Roberts as the Young Guard is impressively done.”
Evening Standard
Steersman: Der fliegende Holländer / Grange Park Opera
“…he made this small part shine, and his tenor is both powerful and lyrical.”
Opera
Steersman: Der fliegende Holländer / London Lyric Opera
“There was a particularly engaging Steersman from Richard Roberts, lyrically sung and attractively presented.”
Opera
Mime: Das Rheingold / Opera North
“With lighter voices, Wagner's text crackles and bites. Giselle Allen's Freia, Derek Welton's Donner, Peter Wedd's Froh and Richard Roberts's Mime carried easily…”
The Independent
“…Richard Roberts, a vivid Mime.”
Opera
“Mime is sung by Kansas-born tenor Richard Roberts who intelligently conveys frustration at his lot - and a pathological fear of his brother.”
Opera Britannia
“…Richard Roberts, making much of little as Mime.”
What’s On Stage
Shepherd: Tristan und Isolde / Grange Park Opera
“…a well characterised Shepherd in Act 3.”
Opera Britannia