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Thursday, December 11, 1952 THE JEWISH POST Thursday, December 11, 1952 , Page One Hundred and Ten tn. THE JEWISH- POST At 16, Roberta had offers· from , ; in the Hurok film. What makes her plan of study for her from music a hundred dollars a week between h Page One Hundred and Eleven Broadway shows at $1,000 a week. .. i, first movie role more perfect for the and languages to fencing and balle.t, them, preferred to Roberta sta y tracteard one,On Jand signed her to a con- Munsel's shoes, didn't even hear an It took considerable thought and appointed, 'dosed the papers .. and friends. youthful singer is that 'all her with a private coach for her school with her operatic studies. arranged. f anuary 25 ,,01950 Hur k· orchestra rehearsal,' instead· was meant a great financial sacrifice for only to find Roberta's reVleWS' on The Jewish Singing Cinderella warbling in the picture is done with work. came up periodic--· Roberta's working ... or l'ather t.Ion WIth. Mor t Roberta's first audi- rus h ed borne to get ready. When Although Roberta's family have the Peters family, but they turned the front pages. . Met, was the only singer producer her professional mentor( famed Jan ally to see how the youngster was studying . , , days, were strenuous ager Rud Ife B'ropolitan ' Man- h er taxi was stalled by traff,'c on the always been in m:oclerate circum­ By I"EON GUTTERMAN the offers down. Roberta wanted to Flowers, champagne and offers George Jessel considered for the Peerce. getting along, each. time amazed at Her even. ing relaxation was attend: t,'m'e on any0 tamg. It dwas her first way to the Met, she got out and got stances, the girl with the pin-up (Capyright, 1952, JTA, Inc.) sing opera; her parents, who earned from Hollywood poured in. Wben role of the young American cO.ncert Roberta's musical career is with-. her progress. ing opera performances 01' listen,'ng s ge, an turned out to tll face and figure claims she has never to be a lege d k e opera house by' subway. knew J essel was going singer in 20th Century-Fax's Tech- out· precedent in her family. Born in to recordings. Even offers of sum- . n -rna ing audition. She H had any real struggle except with , the Jewish sing­ SIgned her tIer ovation was spectacular and to praduce his story" he asked nicolor musical, "." City on' May' 4, 1930, she mer musical radio proen-ams 'were ac Ua contract with the h th ~er own conscience. Many more­ ing Cinderella who became an .over­ d d c' Met a few months later w en e young singer came off the SINCERE WISHES FOR A JOYOUS CHANUKAH TO ~oberta if she would be interested tunes than she cares to remember night sensation at the Metropolitan The musica'l re.volves around the is the daughter of a Bronx shoe tu"!e own. This continued until Th . stage she Was besieged by reporters m appearing in it, and arranged for she walked around Central Opera, on November 17, 1950, says career of famed Jewis4 impre~sario saleSman Sol Petenn'ao, and a 'hat ALL OUR JEWISH PATRONS AND FRIENDS Roberta was 19. Her teacher dec,'ded most encanfu came ed November d 17, 1950, the a,n d .ph otographers' /I;;"hlights "J'ust Park her to do a screen test in New Y o~k crying before she could calm down J she was ready for a recl'tal for s an exciting day of lik she never dreamed she'd land in the Sol Hurok and the artists he spon- designer, Ruth' Hirsch Petennan. a her ca N e m the movies." Roberta tr,'ed to for 20th. She did the test and was SOl'S, and it was Hurok. who,. on Roberta began singing, to amuse few friends. Peerce Was to be out was sureel'. ed adine Connor, who stay up tor see the music critics' reo. enough to go home . . . because movies. pr~mptly signed for .the role. She she felt that, as hard as she w Jan Peerce's recommendation, 'UU'~I herself, when she was five years of town for a concert engagement ppos to sing uZel'"lina" in· J b , But the petite, beautiful brunette h ' IIDon Giovanni" was 'U Ow ld Vlews • ut fell asleep when she got arnved in HollyWood several months st~dYing, she wasn't living up to thS: coloratura soprano, who found fame Roberta to Man- old, 'but no one suspected the cllild so e came up to hear her sing Roberta be read ." ou home that night Her mother bought ago,. began costume fittjngs and agel' Rudolph B'ing, who signed her had a voice worth developing until privately instead, and was so Im- that night? iuthY tOh smg. the role' the early editions of the morning fruth everyone ~lse had in her voice a'nd fortune and personal happiness mu~uc conferences, then actual re­ for America's top operatic company. she. was ten and a schoolmate asked pressed that he arranged for Roberta . oug she know 22 n and in its future SUccess. But her <;is well on the night she substituted Lawrie Wagon & Carriage Co. t diti f h' including uGiovanni" R· 0- ewspapers, t~ed to the music cordings with and Jan It was inevitable, therefore, that parents saw to it, no matter what f~r Nadine Connor in the role of if Roberta could accompany her to Limited o au on or 15 own impressado b ta had ,pages saw nothin d 1· . Sol Hurok. ~ , ,e1' never rehearsed the opera' g, an great y dis-:- Peerce, devoting her off-time to the sacrifice, that she had a pleas­ uZerlinan in "Don Giovanni" at the Hurok's latest protege would appear her music lesson. Roberta burst sight-seeing around Hollywood and ant and secure home life, pretty ~...... - ...... -....,.-...... 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