THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Leah Roberts (1948-49)

Leah Roberts was a soprano chorister with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from September 1948 to July 1949. Turning to grand opera after leaving the D'Oyly Carte, Miss Roberts appeared at Covent Garden in Vaughan William's The Pilgrim's Progress and Wagner's Lohengrin in 1951. She later sang at Covent Garden in La Traviata (1954-55, 1958), Der Freischutz (1954-55), Jenufa (1956), Elektra (1957), and The Carmelites (1959).



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