Famous People with Name Roberta

Roberta Peters            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roberta Peters: is an American coloratura soprano who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera, one of the most durable opera stars of America.Combining an attractive voice with sparkling coloratura and good looks, Peters became the darling of America and a great proponent of opera for the masses. She quickly established herself in the standard soubrette and coloratura repertoire, her roles included Susanna in Nozze di Figaro, Despina in Cosi fan tutte, The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Amore in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Marzeline in Beethoven's Fidelio, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Adina in Elisir d'amore, Norina in Don Pasquale, Oscar in Ballo in maschera, Nanetta in Falstaff, Olympia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Adele in Die Fledermaus. She later added lyric-coloratura roles such as Amina in La Sonnambula, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda in Rigoletto, the later being her farewell role at the Met in 1985.

Roberta Flack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roberta Flack: is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is notable in the areas of jazz, soul, and folk. Flack is best known for singles such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Where Is the Love?" (one of her many duets with Donny Hathaway), and "Feel Like Makin' Love

Roberta Alison Baumgardner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roberta Alison Baumgardner: was a pioneering figure in women's tennis.She paved the way for women's varsity athletics when she joined the men's tennis team at the University of Alabama in 1963 at the age of 19. Jason Morton, tennis coach at Alabama at the time, found Alison training on grass courts in Tuscaloosa in preparation for the U.S. National Championship (now known as the U.S. Open). He convinced her to attend Alabama and play on the men's tennis team.

Roberta Lee Streeter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roberta Lee Streeter: professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter. Gentry was one of the first female country artists to write and produce her own material.[1] She wrote much of her own material, drawing on her Mississippi roots to compose vignettes

Roberta Lynn Bondar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roberta Lynn Bondar: is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following a distinguished career at NASA as head of space medicine for more than a decade, Bondar became a highly regarded consultant and speaker in the business, scientific and medica