Roberta Diamond, acclaimed soprano and human rights campaigner

Australian soprano Roberta Diamond is in scintillating for performing as Amore, Melanto and Giunone in Pinchgut Opera’s production of Claudio Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria directed by Chas Rader-Schiber.

Roberta Diamond and Douglas Kelly in Ulysses Source: Photo: Brett Boardman, courtesy of Pinchgut Opera

Roberta is currently performing in Ulysses at the City Recital Hall in Sydney alongside an international cast lead by Portuguese tenor Fernando Guimarães playing the leading role and Catherine Carby as Penelope.

Roberta Diamond is now based in Switzerland where in recent times has been an active Amnesty International campaigner promoting inter-cultural understanding through the universal appeal of music.

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