Biography

Kimberly Roberts has enchanted audiences across the nation with her performances of Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze de Figaro, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Magda in La Rondine, Magda in The Consul, Mimi in La bohème and the title role in Susannah. She has also performed as the soprano soloist in Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Barber’s Andromache’s Farewell and Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, and Rutter’s Requiem. She is a frequent recitalist throughout the US and Western Europe and specializes in the works of Sven Lekberg and other American Neo-Romantics. Dr. Roberts holds a Bachelor of Music in Education from Simpson College, as well as Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Vocal Performance from Louisiana State University.

Additionally, Dr. Roberts maintains a private studio of emerging professional singers and is the Resident Voice Teacher for the Des Moines Metro Opera. Her students perform with many of the world’s great houses and programs, including the Metropolitan Opera, Hannover Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Ryan Opera Center, the Merola Opera Program, Glimmerglass, Atlanta Opera, Wolf Trap, St. Louis Opera Theatre, Spoleto, Winter Opera St. Louis, Nashville Opera, Opera Neo, Bozeman Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Central City, Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, Tri Cities Opera, Minnesota Opera, the Kansas City Lyric, and the Des Moines Metro Opera. Her students are also consistently national and regional finalists in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, in addition to other national and international competitions, including the George & Nora London Foundation Competition, the Sullivan Foundation Competition, and the Lenya Competition .

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Education

• DMA, Vocal Performance – Louisiana State University (2007)
• MM, Vocal Performance – Louisiana State University (2003)
• BM, Education – Simpson College (1998)