Roberta Peters

Background

Peters, Roberta was born on May 4, 1930 in New York City. Daughter of Sol and Ruth (Hirsch) Peters.

Education

Doctor of Letters, Elmira College, 1967. Museum D., Ithaca College, 1968. Museum D., Colby College, 1980.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Westminster College, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lehigh University, 1977. Doctor of Fine Arts, St. John's University, 1982.

Doctor of Letters, College New Rochelle, 1989. Doctor of Music, University Rhode Island, 1992. Doctor of Music, Florida Atlantic University, 1997.

Achievements

• Roberta Peters has been listed as a noteworthy Soprano by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, board directors Carnegie Hall. Trustee Ithaca College. Director Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Chairman National Institute Music Theater, since 1991. Appointed by President Bush to National Council Arts, 1991. Overseer Colby College, Brooklyn College Performing Arts Center.

Past chair National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Active Israel Bonds, Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research.

Interests

• Tennis.

Connections

Married Bertram Fields, April 10, 1955. Children: Paul, Bruce.

Father:

Sol Peters

Mother:

Ruth (Hirsch) Peters

Spouse:

Bertram Fields

child:

Bruce Peters

child:

Paul Peters