Roberts, Irene

Irene Roberts (Sacramento, California)

2024–25 Season: Offred, Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale

San Francisco Opera Highlights: Title role of Carmen; Giulietta in Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Bao Chai in Dream of the Red Chamber; Dorabella in Così fan tutte

Recent and Upcoming: Venus in Tännhauser (Edinburgh International Festival, Bayreuth, Lyon, Klagenfurt State Theater); Kundry in Parsifal (Hannover State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin); Brangäne in Tristan un Isolde (Palermo's Teatro Massimo, Berlin); Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (Berlin, Palm Beach); Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Berlin); Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Berlin); title role of Carmen (Berlin, Macerata Opera Festival); Amneris in Aida (Tokyo's New National Theatre, Venice's La Fenice); Marie in Wozzeck (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); title role of Philippe Boesmans' Julie (Dijon, Lorraine); Nicklausse in Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Dutch National Opera)