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Jan Peerce
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Beverly Sills
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Mirella Freni
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Zinka Milanov
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Risë Stevens
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Anna Moffo
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Lily Pons
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Jennifer Larmore
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Renée Fleming
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Leonard Warren
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Anna Netrebko
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Lucia Popp
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Kathleen Battle
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Sarah Walker
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Renata Tebaldi
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Virginia Zeani
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Natalie Dessay
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Sumi Jo
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Geraldine Farrar
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Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis
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Maria Callas
Maria Callas
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Regina Resnik
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Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig
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Yvonne Ciannella
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Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano
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Roberta Peters
American operatic soprano

Roberta Peters

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American operatic soprano
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Awards Received
National Medal of Arts
Peters in 1974

Roberta Peters (May 4, 1930 – January 18, 2017) was an American coloratura soprano.

One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, among the longest such associations between a singer and a company in opera. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998.