SINGER

Roberta Peters

1930 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberta Peters has received more than 209,024 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberta Peters is the 1,752nd most popular singer (up from 1,840th in 2019), the 9,315th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,983rd in 2019) and the 442nd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roberta Peters ranks 1,752 out of 4,381. Before her are Alessia Cara, Lu Han, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Jihyo, Maluma, and Concha Buika. After her are Carlos Mendes, Emmelie de Forest, Wiz Khalifa, Taboo, Netta Barzilai, and Alex Kapranos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Roberta Peters ranks 513. Before her are Dolores Huerta, Kenny Wheeler, Fatos Arapi, Petar Šegvić, Allan Williams, and George Steinbrenner. After her are Richard Davis, Douglas Hurd, Henry Lincoln, Rober Eryol, Halszka Osmólska, and Derek Bailey. Among people deceased in 2017, Roberta Peters ranks 471. Before her are Massimo Natili, John Nicholson, Walter Lassally, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Molly Peters, and William H. Keeler. After her are Erika Böhm-Vitense, Luis Garisto, Clare Hollingworth, Lukas Ammann, Inge Keller, and Nadezhda Olizarenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roberta Peters ranks 9,315 out of 20,380. Before her are Tim Holt (1919), Danny Pino (1974), Lyman Abbott (1835), Aldo Ray (1926), Albert Maltz (1908), and Ralph McQuarrie (1929). After her are John Jakes (1932), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Slater Martin (1925), Hillary Scott (1983), Ben Foster (1980), and Huell Howser (1945).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Roberta Peters ranks 442. Before her are Joyce DiDonato (1969), Judee Sill (1944), Roy Acuff (1903), Charles Brown (1922), Alan Jackson (1958), and Steve Lawrence (1935). After her are Wiz Khalifa (1987), Taboo (1975), Julian Casablancas (1978), Jessi (1988), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), and Sonny Terry (1911).

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