Roberta Diamond is an Australian soprano working across opera, early music, Lieder and ensemble performance. She has appeared as a soloist with ensembles including Spira Mirabilis, Profeti della Quinta, Emma Kirkby’s Dowland Works, La Cetra Barockorchester, Pinchgut Opera, The Song Company and Sollazzo Ensemble, and performed at leading music festivals across Europe and Australia.
Roberta’s recent opera roles include Dido (Dido & Aeneas), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Miles (Turn of the Screw), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Amore (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Galatea (Acis & Galatea), Ninfa/Proserpina (Orfeo), Amour (Platée), Melanto and Giunone (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Jessie (Mahagonny Songspiel) and Giacinta (L’Orontea).
Roberta studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Critics have described her voice as “mellifluous”, “luscious” and “silvery”. “Diamond’s fairylike and seductive performance was in a different register to the other singers, cutting across the grain of the action with captivating effect”.