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Born in Kansas, Richard Roberts completed a degree in Music at the University of Kansas and studied further at the Chautauqua School of Music, New York.

Formerly a principal artist with both the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany, and the English National Opera, London, he has also appeared as Guest at the Theater Kiel, the Theater Krefeld and the Volkstheater Rostock. his many roles have included The Witch Hänsel und Gretel, Monostatos Die Zauberflöte, Truffaldino The Love for Three Oranges, Platon Karataev War and Peace, Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi, Edmondo Manon Lescaut, Alfred Die Fledermaus, Young Guard King Priam, David Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Walther von der Vogelweide Tannhäuser.

His other engagements have included The Prince Rusalka, Steva Jenufan and Boris Katya Kabanova for English Touring Opera, Goro Madama Butterfly with Dayton Opera, Matteo Arabella for Opera Australia and The Steersman Der fliegende Holländer for London Lyric Opera at the Barbican Hall and Grange Park Opera.

Richard Roberts’ recordings include Bardolph Falstaff with English National Opera conducted by Paul Daniel (Chandos CD) and The Cockerel The Cunning Little Vixen with the Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano (Opus Arte DVD). His concert engagements include Fourth Jew Salome with the LSO conducted by Richard Hickox, Beethoven Choral Symphony at the Brighton Dome, Mozart Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall, Carmina Burana at the Barbican Hall and Rossini Stabat Mater at St John’s, Smith Square. He has also appeared in Opera Galas for Raymond Gubbay Ltd at major venues in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Manchester as well as at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Current engagements include Rustighello Lucrezia Borgia and Pang Turandot for English National Opera, Young Seaman / Sailor Tristan und Isolde for Grange Park Opera, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 for the City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra and the Verdi Requiem for Windsor & Eton Choral Society.

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