● Miss Roberts made her European debut in Saarbrücken as Sieglinde in “Walküre” and has since then performed at almost all of the international opera houses in major roles: her debuts as the Dyer’s Wife in “Frau ohne Schatten” at the New York Metropolitan Opera and Elektra at the Chicago Lyric Opera; Elektra, Senta, Venus at the Dresden Semper Oper;  Elektra and Senta at the Stuttgart State Opera;  Elektra, Senta, Dyer’s Wife at the Hamburg State Opera;  Elektra at the Bavarian State Opera Munich; Salome and Claire at the Vienna State Opera; Venus at the Maggio Musicale, Florence,), Brünnhilde (“Siegfried”) at the Bayreuth Festival (where she also sang Helmwige in “Walküre") etc. 

● has worked with such notable conductors as Claudio Abbado, Erich Leinsdorf, Horst Stein, Berislav Klobucar, Heinz Fricke, Marek Janowski, Garcia Navarro, Dennis Russell Davies, Friedemann Layer, Christian Thielemann, Jun Märkl and Franz Welser-Möst.

 ● received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northwestern University where she studied with Prof.

Hermanus Baer and participated in master classes with Lotte Lehman and Gerald Moore, studied an additional year at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik.

● “Brenda Roberts performs at most of the world’s great opera houses, filling them with a voluptuous soprano, perfectly suited for large, dramatic roles.  She continues to receive international acclaim for her musical mastery and sensitivity, as well as her brilliant acting portrayals and the seemingly effortlessness with which she brings her characters to life.”

● as guest artist, performed March 18, 2005 in a Gala-Concert in the Friedrich-Ebert Hall in Ludwigshafen with opera arias from the Italian and German repertoire with the KBS Orchestra and conductor Sung Kwak.

"Strongly-expressive in the aria from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda “Suicidio  – in questi fieri momenti”...and also in the Senta Ballade from Flying Dutchman she was brilliant, especially in the intense dramatic passages..."    Werner Schilling, Mannheimer Morgen

● Recent highlights include performances at the Bonn Opera in Germany in the role of Ortrud in “Lohengrin”, conducted by Wolfgang Ott;  in concert in Stockholm, May 21, 2004, Berlioz’ “Les Nuits d’Eté” with orchestra, the “10 Dvorak Songs” and Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” at the Heilig-Geist Church and Matthäus Church in Mannheim, Germany, at the Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles, California and in the Cathedrale Notre Dame in Chartres, France in the soprano role in Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater”.

● On November 4, 2001 Brenda Roberts debuted in the world premiere of the „Divine Liturgy“ by Rouben Gregorian in the Boston Symphony Hall with soloists of the New York Metropolitan Opera and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

● Other recent highlights include her debut (2000) at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sicily, where she portrayed Schönberg’s “Erwartung”, Senta at the Dresden Semper Opera and Stuttgart State Opera, Elektra at the Bavarian State Opera Munich and Turandot at the Saarbrücken State Opera.

● In addition, Brenda Roberts is much in demand as concert singer.  Her repertoire includes the soprano role in “War Requiem” (Speyer Dom - televised live in Südwestfunk, in Bonn’s Beethoven Halle, etc.);  Zemlinsky’s “Lyrische Symphonie“; die Agave in Wellesz’s „Bacchantinnen “ (Vienna Konzerthaus broadcast live in Austrian radio); Hindemith’s “Drei Gesänge für Sopran und Orchester” Op.9 (Frankfurt); and the 1st soprano role in Mahler’s “Symphony No. 8” (Salzburg, Ludwigshafen, etc.).  She has sung the soprano roles in Haydn’s “Creation”, Händel’s “Messiah”, Dvorak’s and Rossini’s “Stabat Mater”.

● In recital work, she is known for her interpretation of Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder”, Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen”, Strauss Lieder (also“Orphelia” and “Goethe” Lieder), Schreker, Poulenc, Wolf, etc.

● Recordings include: Brenda Roberts in the double roles of Julia and Hiltrud in “Sternengebot” von Siegfried Wagner (Naxos – MARCOPOLO (8.225150-51)

Brenda Roberts im Geisenheimer Dom (collection of sacred music)

Brenda Roberts – Liederabend from September 14, 2001 Wagners “Wesendonck Lieder”,             

Strauss’ “Orphelia” and “Goethe” Lieder, Op. 67 and Schrekers “Fünf Lieder”, Op. 4